New England Jazz Hall of Fame Names First 10 Inductees

The New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA) has announced the names of the first 10 jazz artists elected to the New England Jazz Hall of Fame:
saxophonists Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney and Paul Gonsalves of the Duke Ellington band, drummers Alan Dawson and Tony Williams, multi-talented Jaki Byard, cornetist/trumpeter Bobby Hackett, Boston pianist/band leader Sabby Lewis, baritone sax man Serge Chaloff, and alto/tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt.