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The 35th anniversary concert proved that Coltrane’s music and memory continue to strongly hold sway in the hearts and souls of musicians and audiences alike.
Over the next 90 minutes, Faye Driscoll and Aaron Mattocks stepped, bounced, shrieked and scrabbled through a series of 20 to 30-count episodes, much of it having to do with orality.
Local news outlets have already begun to frame Aerosmith’s impromptu concert as a homecoming of sorts for the “Bad Boys of Boston.” But is this epithet deserved?
“Guys and Dolls” is like a baseball team with a five-run lead in the ninth. It’s yours to lose. If you put together a talented, versatile cast with this material, you almost certainly will produce a winner.
Ingeborg Bachmann wanted freedom for them both. She says in her letter, “I am free and I am lost in this freedom.” Dominique Frot is a brave actress. She presents the poet’s freedom in her body and voice.
November features a number of visits from celebrated performers, from Kelly O’Connor and Thomas Adés to the Takács Quartet. Music for Food also presents its second concert/benefit of the season.
From honors for Boston jazz heroes to many flavors of the “Spanish tinge”, it’s an eventful month, especially for NEC’s 40-year-old Contemporary Improvisation department and the annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert as it turns 35.
Instead of exploring his inner life at the time or his adult understanding of the institution that shelters him, Ngũgi wa Thiong’o draws a dispassionate and largely predictable report of boarding school life.
November starts off with efforts to recover from Hurricane Sandy. Once the power comes back, hit the town for some tunes and some strong adult beverages to ease the pain of completing the insurance paperwork.
Jazz musician Don Byron is nothing if not eclectic, but his own playing is always penetrating, challenging, energizing, and his compositions vehicles for both intense exploration and tenderness.
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