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Jazz Interview: Composer/Pianist Anthony Coleman — On Being “Avant-Garde”

April 28, 2018
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As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.

Concert Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Symphony Hall

April 26, 2018
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New Yorker critic Alex Ross has called the LAPO the best orchestra in the country and that appellation seems about right.

Concert Review: Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet — Brilliant

April 26, 2018
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The thought of the Kissin/Emerson collaboration was very intriguing, and I anticipated amazing music making.

Jazz CD Review: “Tramontana” — Electric, Buoyant Big Band Music

April 25, 2018
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Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.

Jazz Preview: Arlington Jazz Festival — An Ambitious Line-up

April 23, 2018
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The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.

Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston

April 21, 2018
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Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.

Jazz Preview: Radio Host Eric Jackson Anchors Jazz Week 2018

April 20, 2018
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WGBH’s Eric Jackson has truly been the voice of jazz in Boston for more than forty years. This year, Boston Jazz Week centers around a celebration of Eric’s four decades at the heart of the jazz scene in the Boston metro area.

Rock Interview: Gozu — Multifaceted Heavy Metal

April 18, 2018
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It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.

Concert Review: A Healing Space — A Far Cry and the Miró Quartet Present “Loss and Resurrection”

April 16, 2018
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This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.

Concert Review: Audra McDonald — Another Fabulous Performance

April 16, 2018
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There were the inevitable crowd-pleasers on which Audra McDonald puts her impassioned stamp.

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