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Joseph Horowitz’s short, punchy, well-sourced, and compulsively readable book argues for bringing back the forgotten works of important Black composers.
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The trio shares Cecil Taylor’s love of rational freedom and adventure, but it doesn’t try to reproduce the pianist’s rip-roaring intensity.
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The documentary supplies plenty of deserved admiration for its haggard but gentle subject, but it doesn’t tell us enough about the enduring value of Kurt Vonnegut’s writing.
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The Velvet Queen, elegantly directed by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, is a vivid chronicle of an arduous journey, old-fashioned but visually high-tech.
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The Kick album cycle drives home the essence of Arca’s musical vision: constant, relentless transformation.
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Once again,under challenging circumstances, the Revels cast and crew has pulled off a rousing good show.
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Roll calls of some of the notable musicians who passed away this year.
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Jazz isn’t an orthodoxy, a religion, a form of faith healing, or a tribal rite — you don’t have to be in the room with it the moment it happens to reap its benefits.
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Arts Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2021
Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year mangled by COVID.
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