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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Jaki Byard
Boston’s Jazz All Night Concert
In the 1970s, Bostonians enjoyed a welcome one-night respite from their long winter blues: the Jazz All Night Concert....
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....
Mar 5, 1974: The Lennie Johnson Memorial Concert
“Nobody in the capacity house at John Hancock Hall could see him, of course, but you can wager your paycheck that...
January 1958: Life Is a Many Splendored Gig for Herb Pomeroy
In late January 1958, after what seemed like an interminable wait, Roulette Records released Life Is a Many Splendored...
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...
July 1949: Jimmie Martin Orchestra at the Rio Casino
I dedicated a chapter of The Boston Jazz Chronicles to Boston’s two late 1940s big bands, the “white contingent” of...
Jaki Byard and the Herb Pomeroy Orchestra
The multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and teacher Jaki Byard had a major impact on Boston jazz at...
May 10, 1986: Jaki Byard Meets the Aardvark
On May 10, 1986, the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra learned a few things about improvisation when they met one of the...