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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Bob Wilber and Wilbermania in Boston
In January 1949, when Boston’s modern jazz pot was beginning to boil, the most popular jazzman in the clubs...
Sabby Lewis Orchestra: the Early 1940s
William Sebastian Lewis was born in Middleburg, North Carolina, on November 1, 1914, and raised in Philadelphia....
Sam Parkins and the Excalibur Jazz Band
Leroy Parkins, who usually went by “Sam,” was a musical wonder, and if a character with a more varied resume shows up...
July 8, 1943: Pete Brown Reopens Boston’s Savoy Cafe
Boston's Savoy Cafe had been shuttered for eight months when saxophonist Pete Brown kicked off the reopening...
March 1944: With Coleman Hawkins at the Savoy Cafe
Sometimes Boston had it good as a jazz town. Take March 1944, for instance, when the king of the tenor saxophonists,...
March 15, 1945: Bunk Bugs Bechet, Gets Boot
“Bunk in Beantown with Bechet Band,” read Down Beat’s headline on March 15, 1945. DB reported on Sidney Bechet’s...