Jazz
Composer Steve Lampert wrote “Zigsaw” at the request of saxophonist Noah Preminger, whose group recorded it for one of 2019’s most provocative albums.
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The recital of this remarkably self-aware singer was a series of highly literate and musically satisfying mini-dramas.
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Overall, Light Blue is an impressive album: its ensembles simultaneously tight and graceful, its solos expressive.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant understands that she is heroic.
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Apart from Claudio Roditi’s musical skill, what stood out was his warmth.
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In this disc dedicated to black heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, Christian McBride insists that everyone must be free if any of us is going to be.
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I’m not sure Can You Imagine? will be able to summon back Dizzy Gillespie from the great beyond, but it’s not a bad way to pass the time while we wait.
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Trumpeter Jack Sheldon will be missed for much more than his musical output would account for.
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The current incarnation of the Swingle Singers, just called Swingles, exemplifies why the group has survived 57 years.
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Music Commentary: New Media, Jazz, and Camille Bertault
Camille Bertault is an uncommon talent. She has a crystalline voice, good intonation, understands the rhythmic and harmonic underpinnings of jazz and has a prodigious memory.
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