Tom Nutile

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Bovi’s doors have closed; will the club ever reopen?

For years in these parts – 46 years, to be exact – if you wanted to hear top-flight jazz played by an all-star big band, you could always go to Bovi's Tavern in East Providence. But the music stopped at the end of November, when the doors closed at Bovi&

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The Berklee/Boston Conservatory merger fueled by desire for synergy in two areas

Want to know what's behind the merger of perhaps the world's best known jazz school, Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Boston Conservatory? Think dance and classical guitar.

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Big-band jazz is back on Mondays in the Providence area

Big-band jazz has a new home in the Providence area.

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Timely and topical tunes on tap at Jazz at the Arsenal

It once made ammunition for the U.S. military. Now it makes music – and sculptures, and paintings. Where once there was the clang-clang-clang of metal being forged into bullets, there is now the ping-ping-a-ding of a ride cymbal setting the pace for a saxophone solo. The Arsenal Center for the

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with music, the food of love

Because Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday this year, there are twice as many options when it comes to stepping out to celebrate that most romantic of days with your sweetheart. You can canoodle on the actual day, or you can choose a Saturday night celebration on Feb.