Jazz
The jazz world says goodbye to a much-loved pianist and to the documentarian of an iconic photo.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCome celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreSongs sometime climax with Nicky Schrire improvising in a pure tone way up in her top register, like a bird darting on an updraft.
Read MoreTamir 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.
Read MoreThe best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.
Read MoreOne of the world’s greatest bass players recently enthralled a standing-room only crowd with a masterful performance, and the attendees could not have numbered more than 75 people.
Read MoreIn the wake of the horrors of last week, Jazz Week 2013 comes as almost an act of defiance, an insistence that life will go on in all sectors of the Boston community.
Read MoreTen Freedom Summers is a masterful, supple series of compositions that has the gravitas of a major work that also, from time to time, it swings dramatically.
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