Fats Waller slams it down with Attila Zoller and other jazz luminaries on his Estey organ, from Brattleboro!
In 1927 famous jazz musician and composer Fats Waller recorded the first organ jazz records using a modified Estey Pipe Organ from Brattleboro. This is the story of Fats Waller, the Estey Organ and Brattleboro…
A Major Award!
This history team is doing some great detective work and unearthing uncommon Brattleboro stories. If I had one to give away, I’d bestow the annual local history award to this team and this project. (Though, the petroglyph location finding is up there…)
Are there any plans to keep this going through the summer, or will we have to wait until next semester begins?
Summer Podcasts
The current BAMS cast will take their final bow in a few weeks as they set off for summer break and BUHS in the fall.
The podcasts will continue throughout the summer with the weekly TWiBH spots along with longer features, including a look at the construction of I91, as the behemoth Instartate Highway project of the 1950s blasted and paved its way through Brattleboro, and a classic radio interview with Bill Holiday and the late great Andy Natowich. That and more… Stay tuned…