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Dance Review: Moses Pendleton’s MOMIX Make a Delightful Return to Jacob’s Pillow

July 30, 2024
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For MOMIX’S performance at Jacob’s Pillow, Moses Pendelton assembled a “greatest hits” selection of sixteen vignettes from the troupe’s oeuvre.

Film Review: Tongues Are Untied in “Kneecap”

July 30, 2024
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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.

Musician Interview: Slash Sings the Blues at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

July 30, 2024
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In support of the release of his album “Orgy of the Damned,” Slash is not just touring; he’s putting on a distinctive concert experience with a positive message.

Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Three From Brazil With Love

July 30, 2024
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Any aficionado of Brazilian music and jazz will find plenty to be delighted by in these three discs. 

Musician Interview: Veteran Vocalist/Pianist Ben Sidran on Expanding the Aural Horizon in “Rainmaker”

July 29, 2024
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“Popular music in America is already so formulated and dumbed-down that the fear of AI making it more trivial is probably beside the point.”

Jazz Album Review: Jeff Scott’s “Passion for Bach and Coltrane”

July 29, 2024
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A belated appreciation of one of 2023’s most interesting releases – this Grammy-winning “compendium” may not be a strongly unified work, but its individual parts are eloquent residents of the Place Between classical and jazz.

Theater Review: A Warm-Hearted “Winter’s Tale”

July 28, 2024
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A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare’s hymn to reconciliation.

Musician Interview: “Getting It Back,” A Documentary about the Surprising Story of Afro-Funk Pioneers Cymande

July 28, 2024
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The band’s potent, percussive sound was years ahead of its time, as proven by today’s red hot London jazz scene, whose biggest stars are audibly influenced by Cymande.

Design Commentary: The Look of the Olympic Games — Paris 2024

July 27, 2024
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Tastefully colorful and aesthetically pleasing, stylish as well as minimalist, modern yet richly symbolic, the Look of the Paris  2024 Olympic Games got many things right and a few wrong.

Jazz Feature: Diversity Brings Riches — A Mid-Year Jazz Critics Poll

July 26, 2024
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Any survey of new jazz will show the broad range of creation being produced by an extraordinary diversity of musicians. That’s because jazz has spread all around the world, bringing us together in peace (and sometimes even harmony).

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