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By: DAN GABEL. June 27, 2024 The ABBPS is thrilled to launch our brand new website. Take a look around. Not only is the overall look and...

BY: DAN GABEL. June 4, 2024 Featuring the Jazz photography of our board member, Kofi Poku. When Kofi Poku of Worcester photographs jazz...

Published: February 1, 2021 Arnold “Arnie” Koch, former manager of the famous Salt City 5/6 band. For almost the entire two decades of...

Originally posted on March 5th, 2015 ABBPS has partnered with WGBH to bring a 1920s flair to Boston at WGBH’s “An Evening Inspired by...

Originally posted November 6, 2014. On November 15th, Memorial Hall in Melrose will be transported back to the Roaring 20s with an...

Originally posted September 17, 2014. Written by Arnie Koch. To say Artie Shaw had “an eye for talent” is an understatement. Just look at...

Originally posted on June 4, 2014. Starting June 20th, ABBPS, in conjunction with the Scandinavian Athletic Club Park, presents “Jazz at...

Originally Published: Feb 3, 2010 by Nat Hentoff At one point during my 1953 interview with Frank Sinatra for Down Beat magazine, he...

Originally Published: May 31, 2011  Author: Arnie Koch Seldom acknowledged is the fact that many big bands provided the “launching pads”...

Most of  top jazz clubs have long since faded away, but not from our memories.  In Boston, there was the Hi Hat at Massachusetts and...

By: DAN GABEL. Posted March 1, 2023 - Worcester, MA The Worcester Youth Jazz Ensemble does it again - this time bringing to life twelve...

By: DAN GABEL, Originally posted April 10, 2021 This past week, I had the pleasure to meet Mr. Steve Cullen of Medfield, MA. His father,...

A Garage of Gold: Rediscovering the Henry Busse Library – by Daniel C. Gabel, Originally posted July 15th, 2015 JUNE, 2012 After...

By: Arnie Koch, Originally posted November 14th, 2014 Anyone who questions the drawing power of a big band today should have been at...