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Fred Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, and the Bicentennial Blues
Sad to say, Saturday’s Boston Globe featured this front-page probituary of Boston jazz impresario Fred Taylor. Another blow to the local jazz scene: Legend Fred Taylor fired ousted at Scullers Fred Taylor, a legendary figure on the Boston jazz scene since … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicentennial Blues, Boston Globe, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Fred Taylor, George Benson, Home Is Where the Hatred Is, It's Your World, Jazz Workshop, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Little Stevie's House of Pizza, Miles Davis, Musician's Guide, Nightfall, Nightlife, Paul's Mall, PopTop, probituary, Rock Around the World, Scullers Jazz Club, Stan Getz, The Bottle
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Travels With The Missus On The Côte d’Azur
Well the Missus and I trundled over to the French Riviera for our 30th wedding anniversary (and to walk in the footsteps of Alicia Markova in advance of the Missus’ forthcoming book), and here’s how it went . . . … Continue reading
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