Music
Pianist Constantine Finehouse and violinist Daniel Kurganov are well-matched musicians, and have recorded a superb album.
Nels Cline 4 is a group that can cross musical and cultural boundaries with exhilarating ease.
Lionel Loueke is a unique voice, who has managed to bring a number of influences together without weakening or undermining any of them.
Why would anyone think a good-time rocker like “Fun, Fun, Fun” needed strings?
Pianist Harold López-Nussa is his own bold and expressive rhythm section.
On these two discs you’ll find masterfully played, engaging excursions into the tonal beyond.
There are no missteps on this disc. Buster Williams and company make all the complications swing, mightily.
So who knows where the time goes? Sadly, it only goes in one direction. But the past can be gracefully revived.
At this time in the Boston jazz scene, there are no ongoing spaces for big bands and, predictably, the number of such ensembles has shrunk.
Music Commentary: The Vinyl Resurgence
For the moment, it is refreshing to see how carefully the music is being recorded and packaged.
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