Visit Andy McGhee Part 1 Andy McGhee was back in Boston in fall 1966, off the road after three years of bus rides with...
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Don Stratton’s Boston Jazz Scene, 1949
Trumpeter, composer and educator Don Stratton, a true Yankee original, died at his home in Augusta, Maine, on April...
Ray Santisi: Last of the Stablemates
Pianist Ray Santisi, who died October 28, 2014 at age 81, was a working musician for almost 65 years. He was also a...
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 Charlie Mariano Boptet, 1950
Two of Boston’s finest modern-era saxophonists were born in November, 1923: Charlie Mariano on the 12th, and Serge...
Nat Pierce and His Boston Big Band
Over the July 4 holiday weekend in 1948, the members of Ray Borden's big band staged a coup. They fired him, and named...
May 21, 1950: Boston’s First Jazz Festival
Boston’s first jazz festival, a five-set event on the Boston Common, took place on May 21, 1950, as part of the...
Charlie Mariano: “Let’s Start a Jazz Workshop”
In March 1953, Charlie Mariano had an idea for a “jazz workshop.” He suggested to Varty Haroutunian, Herb Pomeroy, and...