Trumpeter Lennie Johnson was at his playing peak in the late fifties and early sixties, but even then he was well...
October 7, 1973: Remembering Lennie Johnson
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Count Basie
October 4, 1941: Basie Meets the Debutante
Count Basie was no stranger to Boston. The Doctor of Swingology played here many times between 1936 and 1983, and he...
May 16, 1942: Basie Awarded “Doctor of Swingology”
Count Basie received an honorary degree from Harvard on May 16, 1942, but not one you might expect. Just about the...
March, 1940: Basie at the Southland Cafe
Business was brisk and the talent considerable at Boston's Southland Cafe as 1940 got underway. First Duke Ellington,...