Did you know that it’s Jazz Week in Boston? It’s a wonderful chance to hear live jazz in familiar and unfamiliar venues. Yesterday, Yoko performed solo piano at South Station. Friday night, she’ll be at Sushi Island in Wakefield. The Trio will be playing this Saturday at Les Zygomates in the Leather District. If you…
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Episode five of Ken Burns’s JAZZ touches on many of the themes of the previous episode, with reminders that are particularly resonant right now: music brings people together and uplifts the spirit. Whether it was dancing to a swinging big band, or dreaming to a blues melody, Americans during the Great Depression found comfort in…
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“Hey! Hey!” I was walking down State Street on Tuesday when I heard a local, standing on a stoop taking a cigarette break, shouting at a man in a Boston Marathon jacket. The runner paused, confused – locals don’t usually call out at tourists unless something’s wrong. “Did you run, man?” said the local. “Yep.”…
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