Comments on: Guest Column: Hub Cats of Jazz

By: Ed Herbert

Ed Herbert — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:37:54 +0000

Oh – and lest i forget – the many loud obnoxious conversations of people more into making the seen than listening to the music…

By: Ed Herbert

Ed Herbert — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:36:11 +0000

Of a slightly later period long past the golden age, I still had the joy of attending great Jazz performances at Pauls Mall/Jazz Workshop and Lenny’s in the early 1970’s. Many memorable experiences like seeing Airto & Flora Purim, Jim Hall, Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and many others. In the Workshop one night as an “underage” 17 year old jazz fan, I pondered the hot, smokey air and the annoying “ka ching” of cash registers and constant din of ice being scooped into glasses at the worst musical times – and wondered how the musicians really felt about performing there. Don’t think they were appreciated much even as they still managed to produce great music under less than ideal circumstances…

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:24:57 +0000

Interesting contribution, thank you!
Note also that “The Hub” saw 2 record labels of more than passing interest: Storyville and Transition, recording not only Boston musicians.
When I think of Boston, my first thought goes to Serge Chaloff, who, at least for me, more than anybody else, personifies the fifties Boston scene.