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  Vol. XXXIII: NOVEMBER 2005 - OCTOBER 2006
No. 1: Book Excerpt from Tommy Dorsey: Livin’ in a Great Big Way; Frank Hubbell and the Village Stompers; Satchmo Summerfest; Whitley Bay Traditional Jazz Festival, many CD reviews.
No. 2: Trombonist Bob Mielke, Ragtime's "Perfessor Bill" Edwards, Jazz at Chautauqua, Starr-Gennett Bash, Susannah McCorkle, List of New CDs and Books, reviews.
No. 3: Drummer Kevin Dorn, Crystal City Jazz Celebration, Sutton's Rocky Mountain Jazz Party, French drummer/producer Poumy Arnaud, England’s Bude Jazz Festival, news and reviews.
No. 4: Swing Era Big Band vocalist Dolores O’Neill, ragtimer Emily Sprague, San Diego Thanksgiving Fest, Lake Ozark Jazzfest, TJEN at IAJE Conference.
No. 5: New Orleans banjoist “Creole George” Guesnon, ragtimer Sue Schmitt, Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic, Park Avenue Whirl review, reviews of Tommy Dorsey book/CDs, and lots of other CD reviews.

No. 6: Drummer Trevor Richards, Dixie Spirit Jazz Band, First Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival, Phil Flanigan’s “Lady Bass,” CD reviews.

No. 7: Memories of Danny Barker and the Fairview Brass Band (Part I), blues author/musician Elijah Wald, Pizzarellis and Peplowski in Cleveland, an AFJS update and many reviews.
No. 8: 1920s bassist/bandleader Thelma Terry, Memories of Danny Barker and the Fairview Brass Band (Part 2), the last Blackpool Swinging Jazz Party, CD and book reviews.
No. 9: 1920s bassist/bandleader Thelma Terry (Part II), trumpeter Dave Whitney, Atlanta Jazz Party, Sarasota Jazzfest, reviews.
No. 10: Ragtime pianist/author Ann Charters; drummer Ed Metz, Jr.; New CDs listing and reviews; Chattanooga, Breda and Hot Steamed festivals.
No. 11: Elkhart Jazz Festival, clarinetist Maxim Saury, French jazz families, Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, book and CD reviews.

COLLECTOR'S ITEM:
The last commercially printed RAG

No. 12: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Blind Boone Ragfest, Bix Beiderbecke Jazzfest, Caesarea Jazzfest, Growing Up with the RAG, Faces of the RAG (writers/photographers).


  Vol. XXXII: NOVEMBER 2004 - OCTOBER 2005
No. 1: Alamo City Jazz Band, Adam Yarian, Arcady Ragtime Festival, Summit Jazz, Crystal City Jazz Celebration, Whitley Bay Jazz Fest.
No. 2: British banjoist Eric Webster, Jazz at Chautauqua, ragtime by Royal Guitars of Denmark, Sutton's Rocky Mtn. Jazz Party, CD listing (Part 1).
No. 3: Musicologist Sam Charters, Bude (England) Trad Jazz Festival, saxophonist Michel Pastre, CD listing (Part 2).
No. 4: Artie Shaw, musicologist Sam Charters (Part 2), SunCoast Classic Jazz Fest, San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazzfest, CD listing (Part 3).
No. 5: Vocalist Judi K, Ultimate Festival Guide, Bix at 1600 Broadway, West Coast Ragtime Festival, Warren Vaché Sr., young ragtimer Harrison Wade, music of The Aviator.
No. 6: Wild Bill Davison collectors, trombonist Pete Pepke, pianist Bill Campbell (with added feature by Trevor Richards), "Two Pianos Alive" (ragtimers Gilles Poirier and Gabriel Bourque).
No. 7: Banjoist/guitarist Doug Mattocks,  book excerpt: That Toddlin’ Town, ragtime pianist Dave Majchrzak, Gypsy jazz guitarist Raphael Fays.
No. 8: Hokum and Hilarity in Jazz and Novelty Music, Tribute to Bix; Chris Daniels and the Climax Jazz Band, ragtime pianist Brent Watkins, Bix's "Tiger Rag" solo, farewell to Joe Klee.
No 9: Part II: Hokum and Hilarity in Jazz and Novelty Music, Atlanta Jazz Party, Grove Street Stompers, Chattanooga Trad Jazzfest, New CDs.
No 10: Part III: Hokum and Hilarity in Jazz (Cab Calloway, John Kirby, Wingy Manone, Fats Waller, Louis Prima), ragtime pianist Brett Youens, Capital City and Keswick Festivals.
No 11: Elkhart Jazz Festival, Part 4: Hokum and Hilarity in Jazz (Spike Jones, Mickey Katz, Louis Jordan), Bob Erdos of Stomp Off Records, Hot Steamed Festival, Breda and Caesarea Fests.
No 12: Eddie Condon's Centenary, New Orleans/Katrina Survivors and Aid, Scott Joplin Festival, Sedalia in the 1890s, Great Conn. and Doc Evans fests, Al Casey obituary.

  Vol. XXXI: NOVEMBER 2003 - OCTOBER 2004
No. 1: 30th Anniversary Issue Focuses on Mentors -- Willie "The Lion" Smith (by Mike Lipskin), Rosy McHargue (by Dan Levinson), George Lewis (by Butch Thompson), Chicago Jazz Veterans (by Paige Van Vorst). Plus, "Play the Melody" by bassist/mentor Don Mopsick and a review of Jazz in July and JVC Jazz Festival by Joe Klee.
No. 2: Orange County Classic Jazz Festival, Bay Records' Mike Cogan, Atlantic City's Steel Pier in the 1930s, Bix and Bude fests, Louis Armstrong House Opening.
No. 3: Ethel Waters, Bay Records' Mike Cogan (Part 2), Sweet & Hot Music Festival, Jazz at Chautauqua, Rocky Mountain Jazz Party, Polish Fest, many reviews, including 1903 Wizard of Oz CDs.
No. 4: Johnny Maddox, Ruth Brisbane, Suncoast Jazz Classic, San Diego Thanksgiving Jazz Festival.
No. 5: Bobby Short, Andy Stein, Ultimate Festival Guide, Murray Bishoff and the Theron Bennett Legacy.
No. 6: Carl Sonny Leyland, bassist Pat Cooke, North Carolina Jazz Festival, German broadcaster Jochen Jungk.
No. 7: The Midiri Brothers, singer/songwriter Lorraine Feather, trumpeter Mario Guarneri, the Bunk Johnson Collection and the Alan Lomax Collection
No. 8: Jazz writer Phil Elwood, March of Jazz 2004, Electrifying Jazz, San Diego Jazz Party, New Orleans 2004 jazzfests.
No. 9: Phil Crumley and the Natural Gas Jazz Band, Jazz in Florida, Atlanta Jazz Party, Tribute to Bix Bus Tour, Memories from Bob Darch's daughter.
No. 10: Claude Bolling, Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers, Keswick and Capital City Jazzfests, the Search for Mike Mosiello, NJJS Edison and Blackpool jazz parties.
No. 11: John William "Blind" Boone, Blind Boone Ragtime Festival, Sacramento Jubilee, Hot Steamed Jazz Fest, Ohio Washboard Festival, Breda and NYC Fests.
No. 12: Elkhart Jazz Festival, ragtime historian H. Loring White, Sutton on CD, Scott Joplin Ragfest, Blind Boone Park, Six Brown Brothers.

  Vol. XXX: NOVEMBER 2002 - OCTOBER 2003
No. 1: Western Swing, Emmett Miller, Igor's Jazz Cowboys, John Novacek, David "Bubba" Brooks, Jazz in July, Orange County Jazz Classic, Satchmo SummerFest.
No. 2: David Sager, Hal Donovan, New Orleans Jazz Ascona 2002, Michigan Ragtime Retreat, Lake Superior Ragfest, Sildajazz 2002 (Haugesund, Norway), Sutton's Rocky Mountain Jazz Party.
No. 3: Bob Cantwell and His Saturday Night Stompers, Joplin film producer LeRoy McDonald, Jazz at Chautauqua, EARLYJAS Festival.
No. 4: Stan McDonald, Ray Noble Orchestra, Ed "Doc" Kittrell, San Diego Thanksgiving Festival, Suncoast Jazz Classic, West Coast Ragtime Festival.
No. 5: Bix Beiderbecke's Centennial Year, Bix and Bubber, Hank Bredenberg, Remembering Jim Snyder, Ruby Braff obit.
No. 6: Simon Stribling, ragtimer/actor Ron Ross, Central Illinois Jazzfest, Ben Webster Tribute in Israel, many reviews.
No. 7: Ziggy Elman, New Orleans trombonist Lester Caliste, Swedish ragtimers Kjell Waltman and Peter Lundberg, San Diego Swingin' Jazz Party.
No. 8: Paul Asaro, March of Jazz 2003, German musician/promoter Peter Buehr, "Copying Bix" (how Beiderbecke's solos were imitated by others), New Orleans news and fests.
No. 9: Atlanta Jazz Party, clarinetist Ted Witt, Ed Metz Sr. and the Bob Crosby Bob Cats, Tribute to Bix fest, ICOTJ's 30 years.
No. 10: Scott Joplin Ragfest, ragtime guitarist Giovanni DeChiaro, Blackpool Jazz Party, Keswick and Chattanooga fests, farewells to Benny Carter, Peanuts Hucko, Alvin Alcorn, and Harold Ashby.
No. 11: Bassist Dolph Morris, vocalist Lori Lea, Elkhart Jazz Festival, Satchmo SummerFest, West Texas Jazz Party, and San Clemente Jazzfest.
No. 12: Bassist Nicki Parrott, trumpeter Freddy Greenleaf, England's Whitley Bay Jazzfest, Norway's Moldejazz 2003, Hot Steamed Jazzfest, many reviews.

  Vol. XXIX: NOVEMBER 2001 - OCTOBER 2002
No. 1: Louis Armstrong House and Archives, Queens College/CUNY; Johnny Simmen, Barbary Coast Dixieland Band, Johnny Russell, Jazz in July, JVC and Ascona Fests.
No. 2: Clive Wilson, Bude Festival, Jazz at Chautauqua, Daniel Bechet, Ragtime Machine Covers San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum.
No. 3: Dick Hyman, Red Hawley, Gateway Jazz Festival, Arizona Classic Jazz Festival.
No. 4: Ralph Sutton, San Diego Thanksgiving Jazzfest, West Coast Ragfest, Marit Johnson.
No. 5: Tom Fischer, Dave and Frank Oxley, SunCoast Jazz Classic, Ultimate Festival Guide.
No.6: Jimmy Rushing, Tom Brier, Central Ill. Jazzfest, Heritage Music on Video, rare metal clarinets, Ralph Grugel tribute
No.7: Wycliffe Gordon, Reuben Ristrom, Porter Brown, March of Jazz
No.8: Jon-Erik Kellso, Frank Powers, Michael Stalcup, Sarasota Jazzfest
No.9: Lionel Ferbos, Ragtime dancers Jim X. Borzym and Susan Frontczak, Blackpool Jazz Party, Meadville Jazz concert.
No.10: Jazz Photographer/historian Duncan P. Schiedt, Atlanta Jazz Party, Keswick (England) Jazz Festival.
No.11: Conrad Janis, The Bix Apartment (a 9/11 story), Chattanooga Trad Jazz Party, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Scott Joplin Ragfest.
No. 12: Lionel Hampton, Bob Helm, Alex Sandor, Hot Steamed, Capital City and Whitley Bay festivals.

  Vol. XXVIII: NOVEMBER 2000 - OCTOBER 2001
No. 1: Duke Heitger, John Ulrich, Walt Gower, JVC fest, Jazz in July, Hot Steamed Jazzfest, Costa Mesa-Orange County Jazz Classic.
No. 2: "Ragtime Bob" Darch, Ralph Hutchinson, Festivals: EarlyJas, Sonoma County, Bude, and Great River (La Crosse, Wisc.).
No. 3: Tommy Benford, "Ragtime Bob" Darch (Part II), Jazz at Chautauqua, San Francisco "Birth of Jazz" concert. Final ID of Jelly's Red Hot Peppers.
No. 4: Milt Hinton, Caveau de la Huchette, San Diego Thanksgiving Jazzfest, Neil Blaze, Suncoast Jazz Classic, update on Dan Levinson.
No. 5: Jim Galloway, Ken Burns' JAZZ, Janet Klein, Ultimate Festival Guide, Arizona Classic Jazz Fest.
No. 6: A salute to Louis Armstrong’s genius and influence, Louis and the New Orleans Establishment, Bob Barnard/Jim Cullum in concert, Central Illinois Jazzfest, Australian Jazz
No. 7: Reedman Jim Beatty, Kinda Dixie Jazz Band, San Diego Swingin' Jazz 2001, Music and Healing.
No. 8: Don Vappie, Tom Justice, England’s Swinging Jazz Party, Rhythm Rascals.
No. 9: Acker Bilk, Certains L'Aiment Chaud, March of Jazz, Tribute to Bix bus tour, Berigan Jubilee, Atlanta Jazz Party, Chattanooga Fest.
No. 10: Joseph Lamb (Part I), Mike Henebry and His Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra, Capital City Jazz Fest.
No. 11: Sacramento Jubilee, Joseph Lamb (Part II), Miff Mole's Last Years, Hot Steamed Fest, Arcady Ragtime Revue.
No. 12: Joe Bushkin, Excerpt from September in the Rain: Nelson Riddle's Stint with Tommy Dorsey, Costa Mesa/Orange County Classic Jazz Fest, Siberian Dixieland Jazz Band.

  Vol. XXVIII: NOVEMBER 1999 - OCTOBER 2000
No. 1: Hoagy Carmichael, Keith Smith (Part II), Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, Hot Steamed Festival.
No. 2: Al Casey, Evan Christopher, Gotham Jazzmen, Judith Lang Zaimont, Jazz at Chautauqua.
No. 3: Green Brothers, Nexus, Roy Eaton, Tom Ebbert, Superior Ragtime, Gateway Fest.
No. 4: Wayne Jones, Peter Mintun, Marc Laferriere, Frank Gillis, Gt. Conn. and Medford festivals.
No. 5: Multi-instrumentalist John Gill, Dick Oakley, Mike Schwimmer, San Diego Thanksgiving Fest, Arizona Classic Jazz Fest.
No. 6: Toni Blodgett, Juggernaut Jug Band, Evergreen Classic Jazz Band, Central Illinois and North Carolina jazz festivals, many book and CD reviews.
No. 7: John Sheridan, New Orleans 1966, San Diego Jazz Party, A WWII guitar story, many reviews.
No. 8: Remembering Bob Scobey, Larry Conger, Bill Napier, Redwood Coast Jazz Fest.
No. 9: Brian Ogilvie, Cas Brosky, Shasta Jazzfest, Don Lawrence, Lance Buller.
No. 10: Devil Mountain Jazz Band, Jack Keller, Tribute to Bix, Paul & His Gang, Atlanta and West Texas jazz parties.
No. 11: Joe Licari, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, March of Jazz Honors Flip at 85, An Allegheny Jazz Weekend, A "Record Breaking" Experience, Firehouse Revival Swiss Dixieland Jazz Band.
No. 12: Kenny Ball, New Orleans Jazz Ascona, Sleeping Giant and Capital City festivals, Gale Foehner, 20 Years of HAGs.

  Vol. XXVI: NOVEMBER 1998 - OCTOBER 1999
No. 1: 25th anniversary issue with 25 "time capsules," Rudi Blesh, Dan Morgenstern, Paul Affeldt, Walter Barnes Orchestra.
No. 2: Charlie DeVore recalls Bill Russell and New Orleans of 1950s-'60s, Graeme Bell, Weslia Whitfield and Mike Greensill, Hot Steamed Festival.
No. 3: Mike Lipskin, Farewell to Bob Haggart, Part II of DeVore Memories, New Orleans Jazz Club is 50, Great Connecticut Festival.
No. 4: Boyce Brown, Tommy Loy, Fests: Summit, Great River, Glacier, Sweet and Hot.
No. 5: Chris Barber, America's Youngest Jazz Band, Ultimate Fesival Guide.
No. 6: Duke Ellington, Brian Holland, TurpinTyme Ragsters, Mike Dine and 504 Records.
No. 7: Morten Gunnar Larsen, Jazz in Eastern Europe, Nick's, Merseysippi Jazz Band.
No. 8: Jim Beebe, Frank Tate, John Arpin, French Quarter Festival.
No. 9: Chuck Folds, Federal Focus in New Orleans, Wild Bill Davison Collection, Atlanta Jazz Party.
No. 10: Harry James, Mississippi Rag Poll results, Triangle and West Texas jazz parties, Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz, Capital City Jazz Fest.
No. 11: Hot Five Jazzmakers, Jelly Roll Morton piano roll and book, John Royen, High Altitude, Doc Evans Fest, Sacramento Jubilee.
No. 12: Keith Smith, Spiegle Willcox, Michael Kaeshammer, Mickey Finn Show, Bix Fest, Emerald City Jazz Kings.

  VOL. XXV: NOVEMBER 1997 - OCTOBER 1998
No. 1: Terry Blaine & Mark Shane, Rod Miller, New Wolverines.
No. 2: Dave Frishberg, "Total Joplin," New Traditional Jazz Band, Pete Salemi.
No. 3: Eddie Bayard, Harry Epp, Jan Douglas, Salty Dogs Reunion
No. 4: Judy Carmichael, Stephane Grappelli, Tony DiNicola, club roster.
No. 5: Nancy Miller Elliott, David Ostwald, Ann Steele, Festival Guide.
No. 6: Scott Robinson, Jim Turner, Nancy Miller Elliott photos, Oregon JB.
No. 7: Jackie Coon, Bunk and Bechet, Joplin's illness, Folk Ragtime.
No. 8: Terra Verde, Peter Mendoza, Families in Jazz, March of Jazz.
No. 9: Frank Sinatra, Joe Johnson, Atlanta Jazz Party.
No. 10: Dan Levinson, Hot Antic Jazz Band, Terry Waldo, Doc Cheatham Memorial.
No. 11: George Brunis, Buck Evans, Bunny Berigan Jubilee.
No. 12: Neville Dickie, Paris Honors Armstrong, Hank O'Neal, Jacky Milliet.

  VOL. XXIV: NOVEMBER 1996 - OCTOBER 1997
No. 1: Vintage Dance, Bix Fest at 25, Edinburgh & LaCrosse fest.
No. 2: Jelly Roll Morton, Etcetera String Band, many reviews.
No. 3: Ernie Carson, Benny Vasseur, M.L. Lake, Nora Hulse
No. 4: Wild Bill Whelan, Wally Rose, Jeff Barnhart, Hugh Leal
No. 5: Paris Washboard, Tim Laughlin, Robert Winter, Fest Guide.
No. 6: Peter Appleyard, Lionel Hampton, Bob Long.
No. 7: Sidney Bechet, Axel Zwingenberger, Kenny Davern, Bix Party.
No. 8: Bob Havens, Mardi Gras Jazz Band, Bob King, Sarasota Fest.
No. 9: Doc Cheatham, Ben Harney, 45 Years of St. Louis Jazz Club.
No. 10: Original Salty Dogs, Tracy Doyle, Sacramento & Triangle Fests.
No. 11: George Avakian, Danville Ragtime, French Washboardists.
No. 12: Bing Crosby, Barbara Lea, piano roll myths explored.


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