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Jazz/Book Review: Saxophonist Dexter Gordon — Portrait of a Sophisticated Giant

December 5, 2018
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Sophisticated Giant paints a convincing picture of an extremely charming, intelligent, resilient, and talented man.

Concert Review: Handel & Haydn’s “The Messiah”

December 4, 2018
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I was excited, moved, impressed, and surprised by Handel & Haydn Society’s performance of The Messiah under the exacting baton of Bernard Labadie.

CD Review: “Boosie Blues Cafe” — Rap Reaches Back to the Past

December 1, 2018
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How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?

Jazz CD Review: The Kelly Green Trio — Flexing Musical Muscles

November 30, 2018
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Kelly Green and her trio are essentially mainstream players, but they explore a lot of challenging territory within that framework.

Opera Review: BEMF’s Utterly Captivating “Alcina”

November 30, 2018
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When it comes to raising high spirits, the BEMF’s delightful Alcina was an inspired choice.

Music Preview: Livingston Taylor — A Boston Treasure

November 29, 2018
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“I see myself as I’ve always seen myself, as a pop musician in a folk genre.”

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall

November 27, 2018
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Without question, this BPYO rendition of Shostakovich Ten was one of the most urgent and necessary of any symphonic score I’ve heard all year.

Jazz CD Review: “Long Ago and Far Away” — Together Again

November 26, 2018
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This set is surely one of the finds of the year.

Classical Music Review: “Widma” — An Imaginative Polish Experiment

November 25, 2018
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This recording challenges our settled sense of what art music, in conjunction with colorful spoken and sung verse, can accomplish.

Concert Review: Tenacious D Returns

November 23, 2018
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Jack Black and Kyle Gass were happily living out their nerdy, rockstar dreams — and their fans were loving it.

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