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A.G. Cook’s undeniable talent shines through in spots, but the record suggests that the celebrated producer has a ways to go before stepping into his own as a solo artist.
Serious but not somber would be a succinct way to describe this trio’s work as heard on disc and in a powerful recent live performance.
Bravo to the Bru Zane folks for this latest triumph! I encourage opera lovers to get to know this treasurable Spanish (or faux-Spanish) work by the pioneering master of nineteenth-century operetta.
He may be extreme as a polemicist, but Ricky Riccardi shines when he sticks to jazz’s history.
Charles Lloyd and Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain served a loose, flowing 65-minute set with complementary facility that belied the novel circumstances.
When Willie dove into “On the Road Again” to close the set, singing of “making music with my friends,” one could envision the same hopes for Farm Aid to resume its annual trek to an amphitheater somewhere in America and stoke the communal cause.
Agrippina (1709), an enormous hit at the Met this past season, proves, by turns, gripping, sardonic, and exquisite.
In no way was the recognition that Ira Sullivan received commensurate with his skill.
The Kentuckian’s message is one of both heritage and empathy — and the necessity of both.
Jazz Commentary: Louis Armstrong as Negotiator
Throughout much of his career, Louis Armstrong negotiated a balance between being a “popular” artist and a jazz artist.
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