The masterful trumpeter William Frank “Frankie” Newton (1906-1954) was well established in jazz circles long before he...
Frankie Newton’s Boston Decade
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George Wein
A Jazz Toehold in the Folkies’ Hall of Fame
On September 29, 2022, Boston's Boch Center announced the reboot of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), an...
The First Boston Globe Jazz Festival, 1966
George Wein didn’t say it in 1966, the year of the first Boston Globe Jazz Festival, but he did a few years later....
Apr 20, 1959: Lady Day’s Last Visit
Billie Holiday opened her last engagement in Boston on April 20, 1959, at Storyville. For Holiday, who had not worked...
The Second Boston Globe Jazz Festival
In the mid-1950s, the Boston Globe disdained jazz, and in 1955 even openly mocked George Wein’s efforts at Jazz Night...
October 3: Happy Birthday, George Wein
I wrote this post in 2013 to mark George Wein's 88th birthday. George had more birthdays to come after that one. He...
August 1960: Jazz Festival at Pleasure Island
The Jazz Festival at Pleasure Island, held August 26-27, 1960, was the last of Boston’s big outdoor festivals,...
August 13, 1952: When Bernstein Played the Blues
Leonard Bernstein played jazz at Storyville to help musicians buy new horns in a benefit staged on August 13, 1952. Of...
August 8, 1969: Jazz Concert at Castle Hill
Summertime jazz finally went outdoors to stay in 1954, courtesy of the Newport Jazz Festival and Jazz Night at the...