Mick Carlon is the author of several books on jazz for young readers, including Girl Singer, Travels with Louis, and Riding on Duke’s Train.
Mick Carlon on social media
Jack Bradley, a masterful jazz photographer, devoted longtime companion of Louis Armstrong, gifted sailor, and beloved Cape Codder, passed away on Sunday, March 21, at … Read More “Remembering Jack Bradley (1934–2021)”
A feast of hot jazz
The short, tragic, inspiring life of Travis Hill
Carrying the torch of jazz, one box set at a time
A new collection of essays is indispensable
“In New Orleans the music still belongs to the people”
New Orleans how it is, not how some want it to be
Profiling a NOLA radio fixture
What he plays is life
Bulgaria meets New York
The inexhaustible dean of Cape Cod jazz
Three days of Pops and music
A determined woman brings jazz to Siberia-against all odds
From NOLA to NYC, clarinet in tow
Keeping the legend of Louis alive
On “the music of endless possibility”
Singing it like he means it
The ultimate multitasker wants peace and millions of jazz fans
Keeping the clarinet tradition alive in the Big Easy
Depth, sensitivity and melody
Cape Cod’s resident trombonist was “born 70 years too late”
Spending time in New Orleans with the master trombonist
A saxophonist’s new album imagines Strayhorn as Cuban
Jersey Shore jazzman
The kindness of Marian McPartland and Jackie McLean went a long way
Mick Carlon on the singer raised in Philadelphia and employed for 20 years at Microsoft
Edmond Hall’s ‘Profoundly Blue’ and John Lewis/Sacha Distel’s ‘Afternoon in Paris’
I saw Billy Higgins Once On a warm October Greenwich Village Night. He was surrounded by Friends At an outdoor Cafe. Holy moley, I thought, … Read More “Poem for Billy Higgins”
A Cape Cod treasure is recalled
Mick Carlon on the noted traditional jazz band based in New England
