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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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Steve Schwartz Did NOT Miss His Last WGBH Radio Show
Last Friday the hardworking staff worried that Steve Schwartz might be aced out of his final WGBH Jazz from Studio Four show. He was not. And Steve produced a sweet swan song. Sometime around 10 pm he said something like … Continue reading
Dead Blogging Patti Smith At The MFA (II)
Picking up where the hardworking staff left off: During her thoroughly engaging appearance at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Wednesday night, Patti Smith read loving excerpts from Just Kids, which chronicled her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the late … Continue reading
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Tagged Because the Night, Grateful, Jerry Garcia, John Coltrane, Just Kids, MFA, My Blakean Year, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wing, Yoko One
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