For many area jazz fans in the 1980s and 1990s, the Boston Jazz Society meant one thing: the Jazz Barbecue. It was the...
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Awards and honors
A Jazz Toehold in the Folkies’ Hall of Fame
On September 29, 2022, Boston's Boch Center announced the reboot of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), an...
Stone Blues and Beyond: A Son of Roxbury Recognized
Roxbury-born trombonist and percussionist Daoud Haroon was recently named a 2014 Fellow by United States Artists...
Mar 5, 1974: The Lennie Johnson Memorial Concert
“Nobody in the capacity house at John Hancock Hall could see him, of course, but you can wager your paycheck that...
Jan 12, 1990: The Martin Luther King Music Achievement Awards
The City of Boston presented its Martin Luther King Music Achievement Awards to notable African-American artists with...
Dec 29, 1949: Down Beat, DeFranco, and Fiedler
Sometimes it’s all about the buzz, and so it was at the Hi-Hat on December 29, 1949. Buddy DeFranco was in town for a...
Oct 22, 1978: A Tribute to Roy Haynes
The Boston Jazz Society was founded in 1973 with the mission, “Keep Jazz Alive.” Its foremost method of doing this was...
May 28, 1966: Berklee School’s First Grads
The Berklee School of Music awarded its first Bachelor of Music degrees to a graduating class on May 28, 1966. It was...
May 20, 2001: A Block Party on Chick Corea Way
On May 20, 2001, the City of Chelsea honored Chick Corea, the home town boy made good, by renaming the block of...