“Whaddya need? I’m on a deadline.” Thus would begin my first phone conversations with Nat Hentoff, the jazz lover,...
Nat Hentoff: Remembering a Boston Boy
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Dec 20: Norm Nathan’s Sounds in the Night
Norm Nathan, born on December 20, 1925, hosted Sounds in the Night, a jazz program on Boston’s WHDH-AM, from 1956 to...
Father Norman O’Connor: “There Is Nothing Irreligious in Rhythm”
Among the more notable characters on the Boston jazz scene at mid-century was Father Norman O’Connor, the “Jazz...
October 3: Happy Birthday, George Wein
I wrote this post in 2013 to mark George Wein's 88th birthday. George had more birthdays to come after that one. He...
May 19, 1985: Tribute to John McIlvaine
An overflow crowd celebrated the life of concert promoter and nightclub operator John McIlvaine at the Taurus Club on...
May 1: “Look Alive and Dig the Jive” With Ken Malden
WBMS disc jockey and WILD program director Ken Malden died in Miami on May 1, 2009. Malden was a part of that long-ago...
April 15: A Birthday Tribute to Herb Pomeroy
Trumpeter, bandleader, and teacher Herb Pomeroy (Irving Herbert Pomeroy) was born on April 15, 1930, in Gloucester,...
Mar 25, 1931: Tom Wilson of Transition Records Born
Record producer and studio wizard Tom Wilson was born Waco, Texas, on March 25, 1931. Tom Wilson, as much as anybody...