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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...
Woody Herman’s Boston Connection
Woody Herman kicked off 1956 by bringing his brand-new Herd to Storyville on January 2 for one week. The band was...
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...