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Book Review: Crime and Espionage — to the Sounds of Jazz

September 12, 2020
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There’s a larger story to tell about black composers and musicians breaking into the film and TV business, but its only lightly touched on here.

Jazz Album Reviews: Strong Discs from Pianist Chick Corea and Bassist Eric Revis

September 11, 2020
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A pair of beauties: an Eric Revis quintet album and a solo excursion from Chick Corea.

Film Review: At the Toronto Film Fest — “Apples,” An Eerie, Airy Slice of New Greek Weird Wave

September 11, 2020
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What comes through most resonantly in Apples is its envisioning of a society starting over, and its suggestion that a clean slate, accepted honestly, might not be the worst thing.

Opera Album Review: Who Knew? Brazil’s Finest Opera is in Italian

September 10, 2020
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Antônio Carlos Gomes’s Lo Schiavo (The Slave) receives its first major recording — and stakes its claim in the repertory.

Film Review: “Feels Good Man” — A Far Right Frog-napping

September 9, 2020
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Feels Good Man is a provocative, entertaining, and moving documentary about an artist trying to retain his identity along with the innocence of the cartoon character he created.

Visual Arts Book Review: Pasolini and Fluxus — For and Against the Avant-Garde

September 9, 2020
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 Long live Fluxus, with its questionable boxes of ephemera, its baggy bags of soil, and its mad prankster sensibility.

Book Review: “Humankind” — The Power of Positive Thinking

September 9, 2020
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Humankind, at the very least, compels us to rethink fashionably pessimistic assumptions about human nature.

Television Review: “Aggretsuko” — The Season Three Blues

September 8, 2020
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For some reason, Aggretsuko riffs on Japanese idols in its third season, and the shift makes the show less appealing.

Jazz Album Review: Madre Vaca’s “Winterreise”— Varied Jazz Arrangements Bring Schubert in from the Cold

September 8, 2020
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A Mother Cow of jazz iconoclasts takes on German lieder, because why not?

Rock Album Review: Bright Eyes Return — and They Haven’t Missed a Beat

September 7, 2020
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Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was is a natural next step forward for Bright Eyes, evolving while remaining true to their core identity.

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