Jazz
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.
Jazz organ pioneer Dr. Lonnie Smith comes to the Rockport Jazz Festival.
Shalin Liu Becomes a Jazz Destination: Wynton Marsalis Headlines the Rockport Music Summer Gala fundraiser.
This year I resolved to do an unapologetic fan experience at Newport Jazz.
Most of the can’t-miss acts on this year’s Lowell Folk Fest roster are artists who make preserving musical traditions a family business.
Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.

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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