This month's cover story
Debbie Arthurs
and the Charleston Chasers
DRUMMER DEBBIE ARTHURS: Leader of top British bands, including the Charleston Chasers and Sweet Rhythm, she's shown here at the 2008 Keswick Festival. (Photo: Andrew Wittenborn).

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December Highlights

The Ragtime Machine

An entertaining, informative interview provides an update on musician/historian/
author Terry Waldo, an innovative and active force in ragtime and trad jazz since the early 1970s.

by David Reffkin
 
 

Jazz at Chautauqua

Young 'Bixians' and Chautauqua veterans combine their talents for an exciting blend of trad jazz, mainstream swing and scintillating selections from the American Songbook.

by John Bitter
 
 

New Orleans Notes

Fritzel's 39th anniversary and Jack Maheu share a party -- one of many musical events in the Crescent City.

by Tom Jacobsen
 
 

More Highlights

Remembering Harold Gray, Odetta and Bill Wagner. Also, many perceptive CD and book reviews.
 

 
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