In late January 1958, after what seemed like an interminable wait, Roulette Records released Life Is a Many Splendored...
January 1958: Life Is a Many Splendored Gig for Herb Pomeroy
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Jan 27, 1953: Mariano’s Boston All Stars Record for Prestige
If you liked modern jazz, and you were in Boston in the early 1950s, Charlie Mariano was your man. You don’t have to...
Roz Wise: The Best Boston Singer You’ve Never Heard
So many good jazz singers call, or have called, Boston home that I won’t start listing them for fear I’ll miss way too...
Dec 22, 1949: Duke Says “B Sharp Boston”
Today’s post may, or may not, have something to do with Boston jazz, and determining whether it does might require the...
December 1956: Charlene Bartley at the Jewel Room
One of my favorite “lost” Boston records is Charlene Bartley’s The Weekend of a Private Secretary, originally released...
The Charlie Mariano Boptet, 1950
Two of Boston’s finest modern-era saxophonists were born in November, 1923: Charlie Mariano on the 12th, and Serge...
Oct 30, 1979: Bill Evans, Dave McKenna at Lulu White’s
Lulu White’s, the jazz club on Appleton Street in the South End, had a good year in 1979—maybe its best year. And the...
Oct 20, 1977: Teddi King Part 3, “This Is New”
Earlier installments in this series detailed Teddi King’s rise as a jazz singer in the early 1950s, and her venture...
October 12, 1952: Dave Brubeck’s Jazz at Storyville
Running respected jazz clubs like the Jazz Workshop and Scullers might be Fred Taylor’s foremost claim to fame, but it...