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Jazz Commentary: Jazz and the Single Trumpet Player

March 25, 2019
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Far more people would recognize Chet Baker’s name than Jack Sheldon’s — and that is unfortunate.

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Book Review: “The Ash Family” — A Commune or a Cult?

March 24, 2019
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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.

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Coming Attractions: March 24 through April 9 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 24, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Book Review: “Creating the Jazz Solo” — An Iconoclastic View

March 22, 2019
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Rarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.

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Theater Preview: Voices of Women Veterans on Northern Stage

March 21, 2019
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The women whose voices make up the play’s dialogue are Vermont or New Hampshire residents who have sought medical care at the local VA hospital.

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Poetry Commentary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100 — The Beats Go On

March 20, 2019
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The Beats came before the ’60s, the decade of civil rights protests, women’s rights, the anti-war movement, and the civil strife that included riots and assassinations.

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Dance Feature: Boston Dance Alliance Celebrates Tony Williams and Duggan Hill

March 19, 2019
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Although hailing from different backgrounds, Tony Williams and Duggan Hill share important commonalities, most notably their engagement with urban youth.

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Jazz Concert Review: Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour — at the Berklee Performance Center

March 19, 2019
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When it comes to jazz, you can be pretty confident that when you put excellent players together — whether they know each other or not — something very good will happen. And it did.

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Dance Review: It’s Party Time — Monica Bill Barnes & Company

March 17, 2019
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Monica Bill Barnes, a dancer-choreographer, mime, storyteller and soft satirist, has riffed in the past on the pitfalls of dancing, the vanity of performers, the absurdities of adolescence. Now she’s looking at gender displacements and assertions.

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Film Feature: STREAMING DOCS — Spring 2019

March 16, 2019
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What are the best new documentaries available on digital platforms? Read on.

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