The name John McLellan might be unfamiliar to many readers of this blog. That’s understandable; it’s been almost 60...
John McLellan: Jazz from The Top Shelf
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Don Alessi and Guitar Spectacular!
Guitarist Don Alessi, once an ubiquitous presence on Boston’s music scene, was 100 years old when he died on Nov 3,...
Nat Hentoff: Remembering a Boston Boy
“Whaddya need? I’m on a deadline.” Thus would begin my first phone conversations with Nat Hentoff, the jazz lover,...
A Brass Menagerie in Boston
There wasn’t anything else like the Brass Menagerie in Boston in the late 1960s. And even though there were...
Ray Santisi’s Box of Tapes
When someone dies, we sometimes hear a tongue-in-cheek comment regarding the disposition of the departed’s worldly...
Sabby, Symphony Sid and WBMS
May 12, 1952, was the start of busy week for Norman Furman, the general manager at Boston’s WHEE radio, 1090 on the AM...
Feb 22, 1960: Held Over! Herman Chittison at the Mayfair Lounge
Herman Chittison, a stride-school pianist who played a gorgeous melody, spent close to two years in Boston in 1959-61....
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...