Jazz
Pianist/arranger/composer Billy Childs’s aim was to reimagine Nyro’s music.
Read MoreThese live recordings capture Weather Report’s sound during its most celebrated years.
Read MoreWhen she composes a song, she said, it’s her guitar, rather than her voice, that “chooses the key. The guitar is the boss.”
Read MoreIconic second-generation bossa nova composer, singer, and guitarist Joyce Moreno.
Read MoreHow does one keep a big band together long enough to make such brilliantly evocative sessions as that by Maria Schneider and the others listed here?
Read MoreAccording to its web site, TUM operates mainly thanks to volunteers. We should be grateful.
Read MoreAs a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Read MoreAs a soloist, Fred Hersch is a wonder: he plays with an active, to the point of restless, two-handed style that sweeps a listener along with its lyrical fervor.
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Cultural Commentary: After Three Decades, The End of Live Jazz at Boston’s Top of the Hub
Top of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.
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