Jazz

Jazz Remembrance: You Don’t Know Jack—From Glasgow to New York

November 2, 2014
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“With Cream I and Ginger could play free jazz as a rhythm section, while Eric played the Ornette Coleman role. However, we didn’t tell Eric that!”

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Fuse Concert Review: Violinist Regina Carter’s Ancestral Magic

October 19, 2014
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Violinist Regina Carter and her band drew the audience in with a sustained mood of intimacy, warmth, and unfailingly beautiful playing.

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Jazz Review: Jazz Superstar Esperanza Spalding Thanks October

October 6, 2014
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Esperanza Spalding is not simply beyond reproach – she is a young lioness the likes of which the jazz world has really never seen before.

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Jazz Review: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & whatsnext at Scullers — An Intoxicating Mix

October 4, 2014
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There were times during the performance when Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and the band seemed to fully enter the Ottoman empire.

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Jazz Preview: The 2014 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

September 22, 2014
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Boston’s premier outdoor jazz event, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, returns to Boston’s South End for a fourteenth year this Saturday, with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington back at the helm again as the artistic director.

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Jazz Review: British Saxophonist Evan Parker Brings his Brand of Innovation to Boston

September 19, 2014
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Free and fluid as it was, the set made memorable sense to the packed crowd at the Lily Pad.

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Album Review: Wadada Leo Smith’s “The Great Lakes Suites” — A Miraculous Freedom

September 16, 2014
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Wadada Leo Smith’s latest album features a series of miraculous performances that give a new meaning to freedom: the sometimes lengthy and airily open improvisations take us on journeys but never seem to wander.

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CD Review: Sérgio Mendes Pours on the “Magic”

September 5, 2014
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“Magic” reflects the Mendes touch—more than 50 years of expert piano, arranging, and production chops, and a genius for choosing the right collaborators.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Late Summer/Early Autumn Festival Update

August 30, 2014
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is back, and from Northampton to Falmouth jazz festivals abound throughout the waning days of summer and the arrival of autumn.

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Fuse Jazz CD Review: “Singular Curves” — An Album of Subtle Insinuations

August 14, 2014
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With their expert handling of powerfully understated compositions, this trio’s performances insinuate themselves into your mind and age there like fine wine.

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