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Mar 16, 1984: The New Artie Shaw Orchestra
Opening night of the 13th Boston Globe Jazz Festival featured the return of one of the most newsworthy figures in the...
July 11: Remembering Jimmy Derba
Jimmy Derba is one of those musicians who is often overlooked. Not a big name, but a talented musician whose career...
Music for Swinging Moderns
Long before Swing Shift established him as a bandleader, and long before his clarinet skills were displayed in the...
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Comes to Boston
Ain’t Misbehavin,’ the revue based on the music of Fats Waller, opened at the Wilbur Theatre on February 28, 1979....
Remembering Dick Johnson
On January 10, 2010, Dick Johnson, the multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and favorite son of Brockton, Mass. died at...