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Steve Mossberg

Fuse Jazz Review: Sleek, Post-Modern Kneebody Delivers The New at Cafe 939

Kneebody threw jazz into the stylistic blender and it popped out as something you probably haven’t heard before. The future sounds good.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Kneebody

Jazz Review: Crazy about Kaze, Satoko Fujii’s Quartet at the Lily Pad

Satoko Fujii’s quartet could go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat, but only once in a while, and nearly always at the perfect time.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Kaze, Lily Pad, Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, Tornado

Fuse Album Review: Mark Dresser’s “Nourishments” — Music Tough and Pretty, Smart and Fun

Nourishments is an emphatic musical statement from a seasoned bandleader, returning to the front of a traditional quintet.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Mark Dresser, Mark Dresser Quintet, Nourishments

Jazz Review: Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau At The Berklee Performance Center

The wizards of mandolin and jazz piano were in perfect sync, blending styles and breaking barriers.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile

Jazz Review: Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall

The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra sought bravely to straddle the jazz and classical worlds with a little help from some star soloists.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Adam Cruz, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra

Jazz Review: MIT Wind Ensemble and Two Clarinet Luminaries Serve Up Something Special

Recipe for a memorable evening at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium: two of the world’s great clarinetists, an inspiring conductor, a hard-working student band, and a major new piece of the clarinet repertoire.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Don Byron, Evan Ziporyn, Frederick Harris, MIT Wind Ensemble

Jazz Review: The Bad Plus Celebrates Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”

Postmodern jazz trio The Bad Plus plays some of the prettiest Stravinsky ever performed.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Dave King, Ethan Iverson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Reid Anderson, The Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring

Jazz CD Review: Charles Mingus –The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65

The new Mingus box set from Mosaic is a treasure trove — jazz lovers should get their hands on one of the 7,500 limited edition copies.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus – The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65, Mosaic-Records

Jazz Concert Review: Donny McCaslin – The Big Round Sound

It was a rocking night, full of fun and energy. It was intelligent, maybe even a bit brainy at times.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Casting For Gravity, Donny McCaslin, Scullers

Jazz Review: Ray Charles Inspires One Hell of a Party at Berklee

Ray Charles had one of the great voices of the 20th century, and even the best singers have very large shoes to fill when paying tribute.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, Matt Glasser, Ray Charles, Ricky Skaggs

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