Jazz
Sometimes Pharoah Sanders came back and played like a primordial saxophone deity, cutting into the rhythm section like an act of penetration.
The players are striking out into the unknown: you may find the journey inspiring and you may sometimes find yourself lost in the woods.
Composer/pianist Anthony Coleman’s meticulous crafting made every second worthwhile.
Mostly the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ends up being about the multiplicity and infinite variety of cultures and traditions, including generic funk.
As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.
Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.
The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.
WGBH’s Eric Jackson has truly been the voice of jazz in Boston for more than forty years. This year, Boston Jazz Week centers around a celebration of Eric’s four decades at the heart of the jazz scene in the Boston metro area.
Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.
Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston
Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.
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