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).
What I’ve learned from three years of research and listening is that the piano concerto is an ideal vehicle with which individual composers can experiment
Given that these two virtuoso pianists were in a jubilant, hometown mood, this was a concert that could hardly fail to please.
More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
This first group of mavericks all have their roots in the 1920s, but they demonstrate that George Gershwin’s way wasn’t the only way.
New York and Paris both respected innovation, but Paris demanded that the new have a certain style.
There are still some places where the genius of George Gershwin is underappreciated, and regrettably, they include most of the concert halls in his home country.
My data might be depressing for anyone who wants a lot of novelty in the concert hall. But I found that some orchestras are taking more risks than the pessimists say.
Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Real Tradition, but of What?
The tradition of hybrids is there, for anyone who chooses to use it. Our modern media world makes that tradition accessible in hitherto unimaginable ways.
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