You can’t overstate drummer Alan Dawson’s importance in Boston. He was part of the bedrock on which the local jazz...
Alan Dawson: Boston’s House Drummer
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Jazz and Coffee at Club 47
The local folk music community holds dear the memory of the coffeehouse located at 47 Mount Auburn Street in...
John Neves: “His Time Was Impeccable”
John Neves in 1959 John Neves thought he was going to be a baseball player. He had the tools—agility, focus, strong...
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...
May 30, 1971: Fire Closes Lennie’s-on-the-Turnpike
Just about all of the great jazz clubs described in The Boston Jazz Chronicles were inside the Boston city limits....
Jan 12, 1990: The Martin Luther King Music Achievement Awards
The City of Boston presented its Martin Luther King Music Achievement Awards to notable African-American artists with...
September 10, 1967: Jazz Piano Workshop at Lennie’s
The original Lennie’s-on-the-Turnpike burned in the early morning on May 30, 1971, some hours after Lennie locked up...
April 1965: Jaki Byard, Live at Lennie’s
On the night of April 15-16, 1965, Prestige Records recorded Jaki Byard, Joe Farrell, George Tucker, and Alan Dawson...
April 8, 1968: Gretsch Drum Night at Lennie’s
April 8, 1968, witnessed the second Gretsch Drum Night at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike on Route 1 in West Peabody. The...