In April 1974, trombone players of all musical persuasions gathered for the second Boston Sackbut Week, the brainchild...
Apr 30, 1974: Premiere of “God’s Trombones”
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Apr 20, 1959: Lady Day’s Last Visit
Billie Holiday opened her last engagement in Boston on April 20, 1959, at Storyville. For Holiday, who had not worked...
Apr 15, 1981: Michael’s Jazz Club Closes
The days approaching Tax Day have sometimes been troubled ones for Boston’s jazz clubs. Take the Willow, for instance....
Mar 13, 1950: “The High Priest of Bebop” at the Hi-Hat
Thelonious Monk first worked in Boston with Coleman Hawkins at the Savoy, in March 1944. Six years later he returned...
February 27: Blues for Tinker’s
Nightclub owner John Tinker wanted to bring live music to Tremont Street in the South End, and he did that, twice. The...
Jack Lesberg, the Compleat Bassist
Mid-February is a good time to remember the prolific and proficient bassist Jack Lesberg, who was born in Boston on...
The Boston Days of Charlie Bourgeois
Charlie Bourgeois, who was George Wein’s director of public relations and right-hand man for over 60 years, died at...
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...
The Second Boston Globe Jazz Festival
In the mid-1950s, the Boston Globe disdained jazz, and in 1955 even openly mocked George Wein’s efforts at Jazz Night...