The Jazz Festival at Pleasure Island, held August 26-27, 1960, was the last of Boston’s big outdoor festivals,...
August 1960: Jazz Festival at Pleasure Island
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August 23, 1957: At the North Shore Jazz Festival
The North Shore Jazz Festival, in Lynn, was the first Newport-like festival in Greater Boston, and it preceded the...
August 21, 1959: Starts Today! The Boston Jazz Festival
Years before aging rockers staged concerts at Fenway Park, the venerable stadium hosted the first Boston Jazz...
July 3, 1967: The Kids Are Alright at Newport
Although saxophonist Henry “Boots” Mussulli still led a quartet in the mid-sixties, the main focus of his professional...
June 9, 1954: Jazz Night Born at the Boston Arts Festival
Jazz Night was first included as part of the program during the Third Boston Arts Festival, in 1954. Jazz happily took...
June 20, 1961: Langston Hughes Picketed at Boston Arts Fest
The Tenth Annual Boston Arts Festival ran from June 8 to 25 in the Public Garden, with the lively arts well...
At the 1955 Boston Arts Festival: “How Cool Can You Get?”
The first Jazz Night at the Boston Arts Festival took place in 1954, and the fest-goers took to it. Seeing that...
Cape Cod Jazz: Pretty Hot for May
From a jazz history point of view, the month of May is a Cape Code two-fer. May 24, 1980, was opening day for the...
May 21, 1950: Boston’s First Jazz Festival
Boston’s first jazz festival, a five-set event on the Boston Common, took place on May 21, 1950, as part of the...