Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Marvin Gilmore is also part of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> </p><p>He opened the Western Front, an integrated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> club in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> that also had <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reggae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reggae</span></a>. Over the years it also played <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reggaeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reggaeton</span></a> acts, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LatinJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinJazz</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gospel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gospel</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockandroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockandroll</span></a>, and eventually <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronica</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deephouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deephouse</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiphop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiphop</span></a></p><p>Helping to launch the careers of Cassandra Wilson, First Edition, Webster Lewis, the Kelvinators, James Montgomery, Peter Bell, Akrobatik, Mr Lif, RipShop, and many others</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/the-western-front/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/the-western-front/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>