Jazz
The jazz of tomorrow is in gifted hands. The future of the music business is more up for grabs.
Read MoreJazz buffs know about the Yellowjackets. This is a Grammy-winning band that writes and performs complicated, intricate compositions that cross countless boundaries and thus make them difficult to pigeon-hole.
Read MoreCambridge and Springfield have launched promising new festivals even as some others have dropped by the wayside. Meanwhile, festivals in Northampton, Cambridge (again), Lawrence, and Newton have announced their schedules..
Read MorePianist Fred Hersch’s ballad playing is one of the special treats in contemporary jazz.
Read More“One of the great things about improvisation is that it teaches you the importance of the moment and how to live in that moment and place importance on this life and making this life better.”
Read MoreIf you can’t make the Montreal International Jazz Festival this time, put it on your bucket list.
Read MoreOne of drummer Ra-Kalam Bob Moses’s most resonant teachings was that it is better to find the infinite possibilities within a single idea than to keep changing ideas every ten seconds.
Read MoreIf drummer Ginger Baker’s staring into the abyss, he’s doing it with defiance and a good beat.
Read MoreHe knew what he wanted to do, he did it, and he took millions along for the ride.
Read MoreKris Adams is one of those singers who can do amazing things without ostentatious showiness.
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