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Richard Vacca

Book Review: “What, and Give Up Showbiz?” — The Busy Life of Boston Impresario Fred Taylor

Boston’s Fred Taylor was by turns (and often simultaneously) a recording engineer, promo man, artist manager, talent scout, press agent, newspaper columnist, concert promoter, club manager, nightclub owner, restaurant, and movie house owner.

By: David Daniel Filed Under: Books, Jazz, Review Tagged: Backbeat Books, Boston Jazz, David Daniel, Fred Taylor, Richard Vacca

Book Review: The Boston Jazz Chronicles — Indispensible History

The Boston Jazz Chronicles

Richard Vacca’s The Boston Jazz Chronicles will be a foundational document that other researchers will turn to again and again as they delve into more specific niches of Boston jazz history and unearth as yet unknown artifacts of this era and its neglected body of music.

By: J.R. Carroll Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz, Music, Radio, Television Tagged: Boston, history, Richard Vacca

Fuse Update: The Gathering Storm

Save Jazz on WGBH

Updated. The year 1962, the terminus of Richard Vacca’s new history of Boston jazz, marked an end to an era. Fifty years later, with the cutbacks in jazz programming at WGBH, are we approaching a similar inflection point?

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Radio Tagged: Eric Jackson, Facebook, Richard Vacca, Steve Schwartz, WGBH

Coming Attractions: Jazz Week Special Edition

By J. R. Carroll Coming Attractions in Jazz for April 2010 unfortunately was washed away by the Waters of March (“It’s the mud, it’s the mud”), but we couldn’t let this year’s Jazz Week slip by without highlighting a few of the numerous events taking place in the Boston metro area from Friday, April 23, […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film, Jazz, Music Tagged: Boston Public Library, Bruce Gertz, Charlie Banacos, Danny Harrington, Dominique Eade, Duke Ellington, Florencia Gonzalez, George Mesterhazy, Gunther Schuller, Hal Miller, Jazz Week, JazzBoston, Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, Ken Schaphorst, Lena Horne, Lennie's on the Turnpike, Makanda, Mark Harvey, New England Conservatory, Oliver Lake, Paula West, Ran Blake, Rebecca Parris, Regent Theatre, Richard Vacca

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