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Jazz Concert Review: The Montreal Jazz Festival Turns 40, Part One

July 6, 2019
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The Montreal Jazz Festival is overwhelming in a way, but somehow genial, and finally inspiring.

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Music Review: New Pop Releases of June 2019

July 3, 2019
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Here’s a list of five June releases that are making major waves on the Pop scene.

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Music Review: “Solid Sound Festival 2019” — A Far-Reaching Family Affair

July 2, 2019
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Wilco went all-in this year for a personal bond, inviting internet-culled winners onstage for live-band karaoke with the group.

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Jazz Album Review: “Swing Symphony” — Quintessential Wynton Marsalis

July 2, 2019
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Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony is his third effort in the grand form.

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Jazz CD Review: Satoko Fujii’s “Confluence” — Invigorating Experiments

June 27, 2019
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Satoko Fujii and Ramon Lopez are clear-eyed adventurers; this is free jazz that shimmers with inquisitive transparency.

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Music Review: Dead & Company — Rethinking the Grateful Dead Legacy

June 24, 2019
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Avoiding 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.

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Jazz Appreciation: The Double Six of Paris — A 60th Anniversary Appreciation

June 24, 2019
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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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Jazz CD Review: Anthony Braxton – Quartet (New Haven) 2014 — Freely Creative Music

June 22, 2019
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This set of discs will be a delight for any fan of advanced (and incredibly sustained) creativity in music.

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Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records’ Sensational Season Four

June 22, 2019
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These records are filled with music from some of the most intriguing and, indeed, sought after, jazz musicians playing today.

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Classical Music Review: The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Brazil, Part One

June 21, 2019
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The 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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