This month's cover story
Celebrating New Orleans
New Orleans Notes: Indefatigable octogenarian Helen Arlt dances with precocious 11-year-old drummer Eric Calhoun to the music of Kermit Ruffins' band. (Photo by Tom Jacobsen.)

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January Highlights

Jazz in the Sun

An annual revival of jazz on Florida's Suncoast finds the Harmony House at the Holiday Inn in Venice a thriving daily musical venue.

by Bob Byler
 

German Delight

The fifth Westoverledingen jazz spectacular exemplified the high-spirited international jazz.

by Michael Steinman
 

Randy's Scrapbook: Sax Appeal

This month's collection of historic photos offers a series of ads that featured the reed sections of various famous big bands of the 1930s, publicizing Selmer saxophones and clarinets.

 
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