Jazz
Sheila Jordan, to the club crowd in Central Square: “What do I care? I’m still alive.”
Contagious enjoyment is very much the goal of Ken Field’s Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. Mission accomplished.
Dave Liebman’s band, like its adventurous leader, is more than willing to take a deep dive.
Intense head music and powerful foot music, but this show needed a little more heart.
Over a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.
With an artist as focused and sharp as Danilo Pérez as its musical director, Jazz 100 makes you sit up straight and hang on every note.
Country for Old Men is surely going to stand as one of the best, as well as among the most unusual, recordings of the year.
This year’s theme, “Jazz: A Peace Supreme,” is a bit diffuse—and so is the roster of performers, headlined by drummer Billy Hart and vocalist Al Jarreau.
Exposing the jazz impulses in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is not an agenda for the novice.
Music Remembrance: Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson — Making the Imagination Run
“When you think about music it’s got to be that way. Just the thrill of being able to play another note, not to win anything or get a trophy.”
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