Jazz

Fuse Jazz Review: The Enrico Rava Quintet Crackles at Berklee

June 13, 2013
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Live, the band crackled. But it was the front line of the grey-maned Rava and trombonist Gianluca Petrella who ultimately defined the band’s sound. .

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Fuse News: Arts and Culture Tips — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 6, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013
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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

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News Obituaries: Mulgrew Miller and Jean Bach

May 29, 2013
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The jazz world says goodbye to a much-loved pianist and to the documentarian of an iconic photo.

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Jazz Review: Arrival day — The Allan Chase Septet Does Right by Sun Ra

May 24, 2013
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The music Allan Chase’s septet presented at the Lily Pad on Wednesday night made a cogent argument for Sun Ra’s place among the great jazz composers.

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Fuse Jazz News: Happy 99th Birthday Sun Ra! A Local Celebration Tonight

May 22, 2013
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Come celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.

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Fuse News: Mercury Falls, and Jazz Is Still in the House

May 18, 2013
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The idea of house concerts seems to be getting some legs. The “fabulous world headquarters loft of Accurate Records” again plays host, this time to the eclectic San Francisco band, Mercury Falls.

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Fuse Jazz Review: Singer Nicky Schrire at Scullers — Beyond Words

May 17, 2013
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Songs sometime climax with Nicky Schrire improvising in a pure tone way up in her top register, like a bird darting on an updraft.

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Jazz Review: Pianist Tamir Hendelman — More than Just a Classic Sideman

May 13, 2013
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Tamir Hendelman’s remarkable keyboard skills are matched by his immense versatility. He’s an award-winning composer and popular session player who brings all-star talent to every gig.

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Book Review: Words From a Bedeviled Life — “Mingus Speaks”

April 30, 2013
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The best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.

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