David Ling

David Ling And The New Pulse Of Boston Jazz

Source: Frank Gazerro
July 22, 2026

Boston’s jazz scene is defined by profound resilience. For decades, the city thrived as a northern sanctuary for the genre. This is the city where George Wein opened Storyville in 1950, handing the microphone to Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday. It is the city where Miles Davis famously tore the roof off the Jazz Workshop. But the late 2010s and early 2020s threatened that momentum. The beloved Beantown Jazz Festival collapsed in 2018, stripping the city of its “biggest block ...
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