Yesterday at the site, where the new jazz club and cafe will go.
The developers now turning a one-story storefront building on Poplar Street in Roslindale Square into a four-story, nine-unit condo building say they are also fitting out the first floor for what would be the neighborhood's first jazz club and a "low-carbohydrate, low-triglyceride" cafe focused on sandwiches made with lettuce wraps instead of bread. Read more.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a liquor license to the operators of the proposed Jazz Urbane Cafe in the Bolling Building in Nubian Square. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Darryl's Corner Bar owner Nia Grace to open what her attorney called "a supper club and speakeasy with a full menu" in the Seaport Square complex. Read more.
GBH reports the re-opening of Wally's, two years after the storied Mass. Ave. place closed due to the pandemic. Donations from fans helped support Wally's during the interregnum.
GBH reports the death this morning of Eric Jackson, host of "Eric in the Evenings," who had broadcast jazz in Boston for more than 50 years.
Corea was 79. He grew up in Chelsea, and one of his first gigs was with Cab Calloway in Boston.
On Thursday, November 21st British Jazz artist Kamaal Williams will be performing at Brighton Music Hall as part of the Fenway Recordings Sessions. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show will begin at 8:00pm. This is an 18+ show with valid ID. Tickets are on sale for $20 in advance at ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available for purchase the day of the show for $22.
For more info and tickets: http://events.crossroadspresents.com/events/2019/11/21/kamaal-williams-t...
Where: Brighton Music Hall, Allston
Drew Starr reports the owners of the Burren want to move into the Pad Thai Cafe space at 1116 Boylston St. and turn it into a jazz club and restaurant.
Beth went to Boston Calling and saw Chromeo.
Earlier in the day, Mike Ball took in the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, including a performance by Felix Peikli and the Royal Flush Quintet: Read more.
Louis Gudema took in the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Columbus Avenue in the South End today.
Mark Connelly at the Boston Radio Interest mailing list reports on a new station: WZBR, "Boston's Real Jazz," 1410 on your AM dial:
Music was about 80% instrumental 20% vocal. A number of jazz styles were played covering from '40s up to contemporary hip-hop / jazz fusion.
Friends of John Coltrane Memorial Concert presents A Year of Jubilee: the 36th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert, with the New England Spiritual Ensemble and the John Coltrane Memorial Concert Ensemble; hosted by Eric Jackson. Saturday, November 23, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $32, $27 students/seniors, $40 VIP. Northeastern University, Blackman Theatre, Ell Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Wheelchair accessible.
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: 40th Season Opener and CD Release Party, with vocalists Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes. Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 8:00 pm. Scullers Jazz Club, Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134. Admission: $20. Reservations and information: 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com.
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: 40th Season Opener and CD Release Party, with Vocalists Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes. Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 8:00 pm. Scullers Jazz Club, Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134. Admission: $20. Reservations and information: 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com.
I just picked up an exceptional book on Boston's jazz history called The Boston Jazz Chronicles - Faces, Places, and Nightlife 1937 - 1962.
The few sections I've read so far are captivating and beautifully recreate this pivotal time in our fair city's transition from an economically depressed backwater to what it is today.
Press Pass Tv is a nonprofit organization that engages youth in advocacy journalism to tell the stories of communities working for change. Jean Grae performed at the 3rd Eye open 11th Hip Hop Festival. Press PassTv was able to catch Jean before her performance. She discussed her record sales and her old school flavor. Jean described how she maintained her own identity and how we all have a responsibilty to ourselves to follow our bliss.
Just wondering if anyone else is attending the satellite broadcast of the DCI Drum Corps World Championships tonight at the Fenway Regal Cinema at 6:30pm? It's also being broadcast to other movie theaters via satellite around the Boston area.
Tickets are available online at http://www.dci.org/cinema
I'll be rooting for the home team - The Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps.
They've been around since 1940 and they rock!
At least, that's what the signs now say on the front of the old NuVo on Washington Street (across from the Dunkin' Donuts). According to EveryBlock, the new place got a restaurant license on Sept. 30, under the name Jazz Cafe.
So this newly uncovered Gusto sign seen today is probably just in the process of getting taken down:
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