THE WEEKENDER
August 30, 2025
Our Take: Labor Day Weekend
If you are looking for a great jazz experience this Labor Day Weekend, the search is an easy one. In alphabetical order, Aspen, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, District of Columbia and…
August 2, 2025
Our Take: How Do You Get To Birdland?
Most of you know the iconic, and likely apocryphal, story of the tourist walking down Broadway seeking directions to a famous destination. The tourist bumps into someone that we used…
June 28, 2025
Our Take: Is it a June Swoon or Just a Nice Break?
The end of June is upon us, which means that 2025 is half over or time to begin preparing for its second half. Which description you choose will go far…
May 10, 2025
Our Take: Peabo is Back!
Peabo Bryson is a 2x GRAMMY® Winner known best for his ballads, duets with female vocalists and his participation in several Disney animated feature films as the lead male singer…
May 3, 2025
Our Take: And They’re Off!
In a few hours, the 2025 Kentucky Derby will be run. They call it the most exciting two minutes in sports, which is fascinating since only one horse, Secretariat, the…
April 26, 2025
Our Take: Music in the Car
We have been celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month in The Weekender and Jazz Notes for the past few weeks. Our tribute ends next Wednesday with a special edition of Jazz Notes…
April 19, 2025
Our Take: A (Jazzy) Easter Basket For You
No matter what your religious beliefs may be, sometime in your life you either gave or received an Easter Basket. Though inextricably tied to Easter, over the years Easter baskets…
April 12, 2025
Our Take: Hanging at Berks Jazz Fest
This edition is coming to you from the Berks Jazz Fest. The calendar says it is Spring. That message did not make it to Reading, Pennsylvania, home of this amazing…
April 5, 2025
Our Take: JAM is Our Jam
For those who bet on this week’s Our Take being a commentary on Jazz Appreciation Month, you win. For those who felt otherwise, you are invited to our weekly poker…
March 29, 2025
Our Take: Almost Jazz Appreciation Month
Earlier this week, we highlighted the soon-to-be beginning of Jazz Appreciation Month. Well, we are still not there, but we are getting very close! That JAM starts each year on…