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Film Review: “Fire Music: A History of the Free Jazz Revolution” — Informative but Incomplete

August 19, 2021
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What’s on the screen rings true, but Fire Music falls short of being fair to history.

Jazz Album Review: “Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund”

August 18, 2021
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There’s a pleasing variety in this collection, which serves up valuable music that might not have otherwise been heard.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (August Entry)

August 17, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s especially eclectic list includes The Allman Brothers Band, Roy Brown, Black Sabbath, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation

August 3, 2021
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Both Newport festivals rose to the challenge of restoring live music in a year that made it difficult and welcome.

Jazz Album Review: Tobias Meinhart’s “The Painter” — A Very Pretty Picture

July 30, 2021
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This is state-of-the-art modern jazz with an up-and-coming lead soloist, well-chosen guests, and a dream rhythm section.

Jazz Album Review: Valuable Blasts from the Past — Bill Evans and Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller

July 27, 2021
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Two previously unreleased archival recordings take us on trips into the past well worth taking.

Jazz Album Review: “Mingus at Carnegie Hall” — A Deluxe Edition of a Wondrous Evening

July 25, 2021
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This re-release features 72 minutes of unreleased music. Nearly every track on the two-hour set pushes the 20-minute range, with results more exhilarating than exhausting.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (July Entry)

July 16, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Little Feat, Jonathan Edwards, Hot Tuna, The Red Detachment of Women, and Jimmy Witherspoon & Eric Burdon.

Jazz Album Review: Vince Mendoza’s “Freedom Over Everything”

July 14, 2021
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There’s a contrast here, an understandable impatience with current events placed alongside belief in MLK’s vision of the long arc of the moral universe. Neither cancels the other.

Jazz Album Review: Sarah Wilson’s “Kaleidoscope” — Unrelievedly Optimistic

July 12, 2021
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On this disc, trumpeter, singer, and composer Sarah Wilson serves up music that is warm, a little funny at times, and very well played in an unassuming manner.

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