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Exploring the World of Hot Jazz, Ragtime, and Vintage Swing.

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The June 2026 @SyncopatedTimes is OUT! 🎷 Cover story: Sherri Colby on anthropology & the joy of music. Plus jug bands in Japan, rediscovering Peru's Carlos A. Saco, Art Tatum, Valaida Snow, new album reviews & more. 🎶👉 https://t.co/IqwDUqF42f

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The May issue of The Syncopated Times is live.

• Swing Street & NYC jazz history
• Festival coverage across the country
• Deep dives into classic-era recordings
If this music matters to you, support the people documenting it.
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The April issue of The Syncopated Times is live.

Jon-Erik Kellso, Glenn Miller, Ken Peplowski, Treemonisha, interviews, reviews, and more.

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Jonathan Ezra Goldman author of Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York from the Suppressed to the Strange, tells the story of opening night. https://t.co/UYnSGl2Q2G

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The Savoy opened March 12, 1926—and quickly became the most famous dance floor in the world. 100 years ago this Thursday, thousands lined Lenox Avenue to enter Harlem’s first integrated ballroom.

Read the opening-night story. Link in comments.
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Our sincere thanks to Bryon Nilsson and @syncopatedtimes for the lovely review of The Secret Session. Your support and insightful words are greatly appreciated.

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@DailyFlickNY #MartyNapoleon via #TheSyncopatedTimes:
Thank you to Schaen Fox in The Syncopated Times for a wonderful article on my grandfather Marty Napoleon (1921-2015)'s time
On the road with Chico Marx (as well as Joe Venuti & Charlie Barnet's bands).
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Our March issue is live. Hot jazz, ragtime, swing — history and living artists in one place. If you know, you know. Print subscribers are the reason this still exists. Consider putting down the phone for a while and flipping through newsprint on your porch this spring.

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With our February Issue The Syncopated Times marks ten years in print. Here's to ten more! https://t.co/PXGELZcbCU

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Our January 2026 issue completes ten full years of The Syncopated Times, which launched in February 2016. 120 issues, and around 5000 articles about traditional jazz, ragtime, and vintage swing music are archived on our website. https://t.co/E98VQcep6A

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The December issue is online, and in the mail, for your enjoyment. Spread that joy this holiday season by making a gift of The Syncopated Times, especially in print! And consider a donation to Syncopated Media, our nonprofit, this Giving Tuesday.

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Our November issue is live, with the amazing story of John Joyce on the cover. https://t.co/7gupN5ClH9

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Glowing praise from the @SyncopatedTimes for @RickyRiccardi's "Stomp Off, Let's Go", a look at the early years of Louis Armstrong 🎺

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October is live! On the cover: Andy Stein; inside the finale of our 5-part survey of classic jazz albums, a century of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” profiles and deep dives from Will H. Dixon to early saxophone history, plus festival coverage and travel notes. https://t.co/gMzWZiqMiM

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We had an embarrassment of riches this month with at least three cover worthy articles in hand, two of which got bumped to October, so stay tuned. Almost ten years in, it is clear we will never run out of stories that need telling. https://t.co/GzmMPo7lEB

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Syncopated Times Previews BASH 2025 @SyncopatedTimes

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Our August issue is online, featuring the youngest artist to ever make the cover, 14 year old vibraphonist Evelyn Yosmali. https://t.co/W5yN2yyRpm