The masterful trumpeter William Frank “Frankie” Newton (1906-1954) was well established in jazz circles long before he...
Frankie Newton’s Boston Decade
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Boston Jazz Venues, 1960-1990
Five years ago, I posted "Boston Jazz Venues Come and Gone," a look back at the dearly departed. Steve Provizer...
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...
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...
The Birth of AFM Local 9-535
On April 1, 1970, the separate Boston locals for Black and white musicians in the American Federation of Musicians...
Studio Red Top: Credit Where It’s Due
In 1978, when Cathy Lee founded Studio Red Top, the jazz world reflected one unfortunate aspect of the society around...
An Incomplete Guide to Boston’s Hi-Hat, 1949-1955
In the early 1950s, the Hi-Hat, on the corner of Columbus and Mass Ave in the South End, was the focal point of both...
Boston Jazz Chronicles, Thanksgiving Edition
In the 1960s, Boston nightclubs still booked artists for a full seven-day week plus a Sunday matinee—the infamous...
The First Boston Globe Jazz Festival, 1966
George Wein didn’t say it in 1966, the year of the first Boston Globe Jazz Festival, but he did a few years later....