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's after 46 years of Monday-night, big-band jazz.

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's after 46 years of Monday-night, big-band jazz.…