Many years ago I went to the Django Reinhardt Festival in the small provincial town of Samois-sur-Seine, France. A week … More
Tag: Music
A Day in New York City
In the morning the pigeons lined up on the street light like urban gargoyles watching from above. Yellow means slow … More
Cafe Society, the wrong place for the Right people
In December of 1938 once Trenton based shoe-clerk, Barney Josephson opened a jazz club at 2 Sheridan Square in the … More
Little Jazz: Smalls
The doorman at Smalls is almost as well known as an institution as the club itself. He’s been there every … More
Mizrahi and the Mixtape
How the Cassette Tape Shaped Middle Eastern Culture
