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furlight

@jazzagemusic.bsky.social

On This Day In Jazz Age Music!
APRIL 21ST...
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#APRIL21 #APRIL21ST #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #JAZZ #JewishJazz #DorothyFields #JimmyMcHugh #Lyricist

APRIL 21ST

Songwriters Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields

open.substack.com

April 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM

KlezmerShack

@klezmershack.bsky.social

@gregwall.bsky.social interview from the Forward, by our old friend, Jon Kalish: forward.com/culture/8109... - lovely article! #jewishjazz #klezmer

For the 'Jazz Rabbi' of Connecticut, music and Judaism are both about tradition and improvisation

Greg Wall runs 'Jazz at the Post' in Westport, but still finds time to pray and study Talmud every day

forward.com

March 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM

Ari Davidow

@ari.mastodon.well.com.ap.brid.gy

@gregwall.bsky.social interview, the Forward, by our old friend, Jon Kalish: https://forward.com/culture/810970/jazz-rabbi-greg-post-westport-connecticut-jazz-at-the-post/ - lovely article! #jewishjazz #klezmer

For the 'Jazz Rabbi' of Connecticut, music and Judaism are both about tradition and improvisation

Greg Wall runs 'Jazz at the Post' in Westport, but still finds time to pray and study Talmud every day

forward.com

March 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM

Haarlem updates

@haarlemupdates.nl

Mirjam van Dam, Jewish Jazz – Drop me off in Haarlem: Op vrijdagavond 23 januari spelen Mirjam van Dam en band Jewish Jazz in De Pletterij, Haarlem. Tijdens deze ‘Drop me off in Haarlem’ schittert de Joodse Jazz uit de jaren ’20 en… #JewishJazz #Haarlem #Pletterij #DropMeOffInHaarlem #MirjamVanDam