The twin peaks of baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff’s recorded output were the two albums he made for Capitol...
Serge Chaloff: The Capitol Sessions
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Frankie Newton’s Boston Decade
The masterful trumpeter William Frank “Frankie” Newton (1906-1954) was well established in jazz circles long before he...
Mae Arnette: Boston’s First Lady of Song
When Mae Arnette was growing up in New York City, she dreamed of being a dancer, or maybe an opera singer. She’d have...
Alan Dawson: Boston’s House Drummer
You can’t overstate drummer Alan Dawson’s importance in Boston. He was part of the bedrock on which the local jazz...
Webster Lewis: It’s All Part of the Concept
Webster Lewis was a whirlwind on the Boston music scene in the 1970s. Fueled by seemingly inexhaustible energy, Lewis...
The Singular Singer, Carol Sloane
Duke Ellington once said that when Johnny Hodges played a solo, he could hear the listeners’ sighs. I can relate....
Jazz and Coffee at Club 47
The local folk music community holds dear the memory of the coffeehouse located at 47 Mount Auburn Street in...
Christmas Treat: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at 50
Golden anniversaries in jazz are a rare thing. Jazz clubs vanish long before they reach the fifty-year mark, which...
Ease It with Tenor Saxophonist Rocky Boyd
Tenor saxophonist Rocky Boyd left little behind to remember him by. There is, thankfully, Ease It, the album he...