Jon Garelick
But dissonance is at the edge of everything you hear at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — a sound that contains multitudes.
Read MoreBill Frisell and his quartet performed a program of well-worn American hits whose juxtapositions allowed you to make your own cross-references and draw your own conclusions.
Read MoreThe New Orleans JazzFest is made for omnivorous gluttons, which makes it a perfect complement to the region’s cuisine.
Read MoreViolinist Regina Carter and her band drew the audience in with a sustained mood of intimacy, warmth, and unfailingly beautiful playing.
Read MoreThere were times during the performance when Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and the band seemed to fully enter the Ottoman empire.
Read MoreOne of the most remarkable features of Cosmos — and possibly its greatest public service — has been its matter-of-fact, understated championing of the scientific method.
Read MoreKris Adams is one of those singers who can do amazing things without ostentatious showiness.
Read MoreMostly, I’m looking for that most elusive and hard-to-define quality — authenticity.
Read MoreIn moments like these, the band Riverside captures the Jimmy Giuffre ideals of sonority and counterpoint — where even the drums act as another complementary linear voice.
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Music Appreciation: Gunther Schuller –The Eloquent Ear
Gunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.
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