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The legendary Claude Jeter made one of his final appearances as leader of the Swan Silvertones at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival. The Silvertones founder was 52 at the time,...
It took a “country boy” who “stayed out all night long” to create the modern Chicago blues. With his 1948 Aristocrat release, “I Can’t Be Satisfied”...
Scott LaFaro One of the most substantial biographies I’ve read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. The great...
Arthur Blythe They call me a producer/host in the staff directory at NEPR, but this week, like many others, I feel more like a eulogist. Two days after writing a memorial tribute...