It was not a banner year for Boston jazz clubs in 1971. The audience was something of a moving target. The younger...
Boston’s Jazz Workshop, 1971
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John McLellan: Jazz from The Top Shelf
The name John McLellan might be unfamiliar to many readers of this blog. That’s understandable; it’s been almost 60...
Tak Takvorian Pt 2: Thornhill, Dorsey, Pomeroy
Part 1 of this post covered Tak Takvorian’s years in the wartime navy bands of Artie Shaw and Sam Donahue. Part 2...
Tak Takvorian Part 1: Navy Trombonist
Vahey “Tak” Takvorian was a trombonist by trade, a big-band trombonist by preference, and a member of some of the very...
Boston Jazz Venues Come and Gone
On April 6, Steve Provizer posted a long list of Boston jazz venues, past and present, on his Brilliant Corners blog....
Boston’s Jazz All Night Concert
In the 1970s, Bostonians enjoyed a welcome one-night respite from their long winter blues: the Jazz All Night Concert....
The Joe Gordon Story, Part 3: California
Joe Gordon Story Part 1 | Joe Gordon Story Part 2 In early spring 1958, Joe Gordon abruptly left Boston for...
The Joe Gordon Story, Part 2: Hard Bop
Joe Gordon replaced Clifford Brown in Art Blakey’s pre-Messengers group in early 1954. That band, with alto...
The Joe Gordon Story, Part 1: Boston
Trumpeter Joe Gordon was only 35 when he died in 1963, and he was in and out of the limelight during his too-brief...