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Concert Review: Herbie Hancock at the Boch Center Wang Theatre

October 30, 2025
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 At 85, Herbie Hancock can still funk it up.

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Arts Remembrance: Jack DeJohnette — As Much a Colorist as a Drummer

October 29, 2025
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Jack DeJohnette – who died this week at age 83 of congestive heart failure – lorded over his entire kit with loose but incisive strokes to tightly tuned drum heads and cymbals.

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Album Review/Commentary: John Scofield and Dave Holland — “Memories of Home,” and a Scofield Retrospective

October 26, 2025
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If it is possible for people to express a deep personal regard for one another through musical collaboration, that is what happens between John Scofield and Dave Holland in their upcoming release.

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Album Review: Peggy Lee’s “Mirrors” — Fifty Years of Cabaret Noir

October 23, 2025
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The musicians assembled here for the updated recordings of tunes from fifty years ago are first-rate, and Peggy Lee still convincingly inhabits a wide range of material.

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Jazz Concert Reviews: Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis and the Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Quintet at the Regattabar

September 23, 2025
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Gigs by superb bands led by Mary Halvorson and Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol at the Regattabar.

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Jazz Concert Review: The McCoy Tyner Legacy Band — Nuances in the Torrent

September 17, 2025
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The McCoy Tyner Legacy Band, in a program called “Blues on the Corner” had it all: the unrelenting, all-enveloping power that was a hallmark of Coltrane’s bands, but also an attention to dynamics, detail, and, most important, melody.

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Jazz Album Review: A Flowering of Charlie Rouse’s “Cinnamon Flower”

September 16, 2025
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A rare chance to listen to saxophonist Charlie Rouse with a biggish band, the new “Cinnamon Flower” is a welcome set.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Hazards Ahead –When Jazz and Poetry Intersect

September 9, 2025
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Ideally, if the verse and the music work seamlessly together, they can create a third kind of art that is neither fish nor fowl. It can stand alone on its own merits.

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Musician Interview: Pianist Marcus Roberts — How AI can Support Artists

September 4, 2025
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Pianist Marcus Roberts is aware of the artistic community’s criticism of AI, but maintains an attitude of optimism tempered by realism.

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Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Sumptuously Satisfying Sounds from Roger Glenn and Mike Freeman

September 2, 2025
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Recommendations for albums from multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn and vibraphonist Mike Freeman.

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