Duke Ellington once said that when Johnny Hodges played a solo, he could hear the listeners’ sighs. I can relate....
The Singular Singer, Carol Sloane
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Newport Jazz Festival
Newport 1958: The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra
In July 2016, Pauline Bilsky at JazzBoston asked me to contribute a guest post on the Newport Jazz Festival to their...
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...
July 3, 1967: The Kids Are Alright at Newport
Although saxophonist Henry “Boots” Mussulli still led a quartet in the mid-sixties, the main focus of his professional...
Feb 11, 1960: World Premiere! Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Aram Avakian and Bert Stern’s Newport Jazz Fest film, Jazz on a Summer’s Day, had its world premiere at the Beacon...