Jazz
Bill Frisell and his quartet performed a program of well-worn American hits whose juxtapositions allowed you to make your own cross-references and draw your own conclusions.
Get your maps and open up your calendar app—it’s time to plan your summer of jazz in New England.
Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.
I’ve never seen Kurt Elling when he wasn’t in fine voice, and this show was no exception.
I would like to think that there are more composers working today who think of themselves as beyond category.
The New Orleans JazzFest is made for omnivorous gluttons, which makes it a perfect complement to the region’s cuisine.
Time to look at the maverick mavericks, composers with feet firmly planted on either side of the dividing line between jazz and classical.
What makes pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet an ideal interpreter of Ravel’s Concerto in G is his understanding of and appreciation for jazz.
Jazz Week 2015 shines a spotlight on the jazz scene—historic and current—in Boston’s core African American community of Roxbury (and adjoining Mattapan and Dorchester).
Music Commentary: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Coda without a Finale
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