A personal newsletter from a jazz singer and performer, Allan Harris, sharing reflections on friendships, performances like The Poetry of Jazz, and life slowing down. It reads as a diary-style set of personal notes about his travels, friends and creative life rather than a structured resource.
Website: https://allanharris656.substack.com
A jazz historian shares original research on musicians and writers such as Hazel Scott, Langston Hughes and John Coltrane, drawing on archival documents, newspapers and recordings. Paying subscribers get bonus articles, recordings and access to Zoom courses.
Will Friedwald's Substack covers jazz, the Great American Songbook, and pop culture, with detailed essays on Bond theme songs, Rat Pack recordings of Burt Bacharach songs, and the history behind specific tracks. Readers get well-researched recording histories and close listening notes from a longtime critic.
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