Music
The Montreal Jazz Festival is overwhelming in a way, but somehow genial, and finally inspiring.
Read MoreHere’s a list of five June releases that are making major waves on the Pop scene.
Read MoreWynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony is his third effort in the grand form.
Read MoreSatoko Fujii and Ramon Lopez are clear-eyed adventurers; this is free jazz that shimmers with inquisitive transparency.
Read MoreAvoiding pat formulas and enlisting unexpected aides de camp are probably the only ways that Bob Weir and his fellow founding Grateful Dead mates can avoid turning into a stale nostalgia act.
Read MoreThis set of discs will be a delight for any fan of advanced (and incredibly sustained) creativity in music.
Read MoreThese records are filled with music from some of the most intriguing and, indeed, sought after, jazz musicians playing today.
Read MoreThe BPYO’s repertoire in Brazil is drawn from last year’s programs and is built around Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2.
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Jazz Appreciation: The Double Six of Paris — A 60th Anniversary Appreciation
2019 is the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Double Six of Paris, so it is a good time to shine a spotlight on the group’s spectacular work.
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