Music
How does one keep a big band together long enough to make such brilliantly evocative sessions as that by Maria Schneider and the others listed here?
For classical music recordings it has been a remarkably rich year, especially over its second half.
A homage to the amazing musical talents that passed away this year.
According to its web site, TUM operates mainly thanks to volunteers. We should be grateful.
1975 was when they officially began their reign. A fab year for sure.
Andris Nelsons possesses a clear fondness for Slavic music and his Tchaikovsky performances in Boston have become can’t-miss events.
The music was so extraordinarily pleasant and well performed that the two-hour production breezed by.
The Flamin’ Groovies in a nutshell — doubling as a rock institution and the best party band in town.
As a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Cultural Commentary: After Three Decades, The End of Live Jazz at Boston’s Top of the Hub
Top of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.
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