Steve Elman
This is music that says things that cannot be said any other way, music that cannot wear its heart on its sleeve.
Read MoreAt his best, Albert Murray is a thinker passionately in love with thinking, a virtuoso of verbal music, an American to his core.
Read More“Art . . . is . . . fundamental equipment for existence on human terms.” — Albert Murray
Read MoreI think any one of these releases would be received gratefully by a person who listens with both ears.
Read MoreSheila Jordan, to the club crowd in Central Square: “What do I care? I’m still alive.”
Read MoreIntense head music and powerful foot music, but this show needed a little more heart.
Read MoreWith an artist as focused and sharp as Danilo Pérez as its musical director, Jazz 100 makes you sit up straight and hang on every note.
Read MoreExposing the jazz impulses in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is not an agenda for the novice.
Read MoreA writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.
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Commentary and Preview: The Shrinking Scene v. Jazz Week and the Thelonious Monkfish Jazz Festival
I try to be optimistic, but it’s hard not to observe that the jazz club scene in eastern Massachusetts is worse than it’s been in decades.
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