Jazz

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2015

May 30, 2015
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Get your maps and open up your calendar app—it’s time to plan your summer of jazz in New England.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room

May 22, 2015
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Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.

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Concert Review: Kurt Elling with Anat Cohen at Sanders Theatre

May 18, 2015
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I’ve never seen Kurt Elling when he wasn’t in fine voice, and this show was no exception.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Straddlers, Part Two

May 11, 2015
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I would like to think that there are more composers working today who think of themselves as beyond category.

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Music Review: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2015

May 9, 2015
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The New Orleans JazzFest is made for omnivorous gluttons, which makes it a perfect complement to the region’s cuisine.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Straddlers, Part One

May 4, 2015
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Time to look at the maverick mavericks, composers with feet firmly planted on either side of the dividing line between jazz and classical.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Balancing Acts at Symphony Hall

April 27, 2015
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What makes pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet an ideal interpreter of Ravel’s Concerto in G is his understanding of and appreciation for jazz.

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Jazz Week 2015: Roxbury Takes Center Stage

April 24, 2015
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Jazz Week 2015 shines a spotlight on the jazz scene—historic and current—in Boston’s core African American community of Roxbury (and adjoining Mattapan and Dorchester).

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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Real Tradition, but of What?

April 20, 2015
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The tradition of hybrids is there, for anyone who chooses to use it. Our modern media world makes that tradition accessible in hitherto unimaginable ways.

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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto –Revisiting the Jazz Side

April 16, 2015
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What I’ve learned from three years of research and listening is that the piano concerto is an ideal vehicle with which individual composers can experiment

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