Jazz

CD Review: The Dave Liebman Group Stretches Out — Expansions Live

November 26, 2016
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Dave Liebman’s band, like its adventurous leader, is more than willing to take a deep dive.

Jazz Review: Chucho Valdés – Joe Lovano Quintet at the Berklee Performance Center — Molto Vivo

November 11, 2016
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Intense head music and powerful foot music, but this show needed a little more heart.

Jazz CD Round-up: Jane Ira Bloom, Robert Glasper, Wadada Leo Smith, Anna Webber, and More

November 4, 2016
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Over a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.

Jazz Review: Danilo Pérez & Jazz 100 at Sanders Theater — Surprise after Surprise

October 20, 2016
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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.

Jazz Concert Review: John Scofield’s “Country for Old Men” — Well Worth a Visit

September 27, 2016
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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.

Jazz Preview: The 2016 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

September 23, 2016
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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.

Music Remembrance: Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson — Making the Imagination Run

August 22, 2016
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“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.”

Jazz Performance and CD Review / Commentary: Jane Ira Bloom’s “Wild Lines” and “Early Americans”

August 17, 2016
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Exposing the jazz impulses in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is not an agenda for the novice.

Music Interview: Talking to Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith — Soul-Jazz Legend

August 11, 2016
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Jazz organ pioneer Dr. Lonnie Smith comes to the Rockport Jazz Festival.

Jazz Preview: The Rockport Jazz Festival (and Summer Gala) — Dedicated to Building an Audience for Jazz

August 8, 2016
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Shalin Liu Becomes a Jazz Destination: Wynton Marsalis Headlines the Rockport Music Summer Gala fundraiser.

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