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J. R. Carroll

Music Remembrance: Adeus, João Gilberto, Free-Spirited Creator of Bossa Nova

Joao Gilberto flyer

Melhor do que isso só mesmo o silêncio, melhor do que o silêncio só joão (The only thing better than [music] is silence, the only thing better than silence is João)—Caetano Veloso (“Pra Ninguém”)

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, World Music Tagged: bossa nova, João Gilberto

Jazz Preview: Radio Host Eric Jackson Anchors Jazz Week 2018

Eric Jackson at the Beantown Jazz Festival

WGBH’s Eric Jackson has truly been the voice of jazz in Boston for more than forty years. This year, Boston Jazz Week centers around a celebration of Eric’s four decades at the heart of the jazz scene in the Boston metro area.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Preview, Radio Tagged: Boston Jazz Week, Eric Jackson

Jazz Preview: The 2016 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

This year’s theme, “Jazz: A Peace Supreme,” is a bit diffuse—and so is the roster of performers, headlined by drummer Billy Hart and vocalist Al Jarreau.

By: J.R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

Fuse Preview: Jazz Festivals in New England Close Out June

PIanist Justin Kauflin

Summer has arrived thermally and is due to arrive astronomically early next wee; New England offers a geographically diverse menu of jazz festivals.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview, World Music Tagged: Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, Django in June, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest, New Hampshire Bass Fest

Fuse Jazz Preview: Southeast by Northwest, the Festival Season Kicks Off this Weekend

Cambridge River Festival 2016

From Providence to Burlington by way of Cambridge, the New England jazz festival season is now underway.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Preview, World Music Tagged: Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Cambridge River Festival, PVDFest

Fuse Preview: Jazz Week 2016 — New Traditions Take Root

Jazz Week 2016

From Roxbury to Mattapan to Beacon Hill to City Hall, new and not-so-new events are becoming annual features of Boston Jazz Week.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: International Jazz Day, Jazz Appreciation Month, Jazz Week, JazzBoston

Fuse Preview: The 2015 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

Ambrose Akinmusire at BeanTown 2014.

From noon to six on Saturday, September 26, Boston’s premier outdoor jazz event, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, returns to Boston’s South End for a fifteenth year.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, John-Coltrane, Terri Lyne Carrington

Jazz Remembrance: Ornette is Gone, and Musicians Reacted

Ornette Coleman

The profound impact of Ornette Coleman can be seen in the reactions of the music world to his passing.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Ornette Coleman

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2015

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2015

Get your maps and open up your calendar app—it’s time to plan your summer of jazz in New England.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Dance, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Preview, World Music Tagged: Bang on a Can Music Festival, Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, Boston Summer Arts Weekend, Bread and Roses Heritage Festival, Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Cambridge Jazz Festival, Cambridge River Festival, Carnaval at SomerStreets, Deer Isle Jazz Festival, Django in June, Festival Betances, Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Green River Festival, Honk! Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest, Lincoln Arts Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, New Bedford JazzFest, New Hampshire Bass Fest, New Haven Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Newton Jazz and Wine Festival, Northampton Jazz Festival, Outside the Box festival, Paulie's NOLA Jazz and Blues Festival, Provincetown Jazz Festival, Rockport Jazz Festival, Salem Jazz & Soul Festival, Solid Sound Festival, Somerville ArtBeat

Jazz Week 2015: Roxbury Takes Center Stage

Jazz Week 2015 shines a spotlight on the jazz scene—historic and current—in Boston’s core African American community of Roxbury (and adjoining Mattapan and Dorchester).

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Dorchester, Jazz Week, JazzBoston, Mattapan, Roxbury

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