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Saturday’s was the most electrifying, exciting, spontaneous-sounding, inevitable performance of this warhorse (Beethoven’s Violin Concerto) I’ve heard.
The pop magic that Belle and Sebastian excels at struggles to survive on the band’s new album because its dance-heavy vibe plays against their strengths.
Woods Hill Table is the 153-seat culmination of a vision that encompasses the locavore movement in impressive fashion.
When no-one was looking, Ian MacKaye and a group of young people like him created one of American alternative music’s most important and unique scenes.
Ascending Light is, by far, the most serious orchestral score of Gandolfi’s I’ve heard and it succeeds to a considerable extent thanks to its expressive honesty.
This first group of mavericks all have their roots in the 1920s, but they demonstrate that George Gershwin’s way wasn’t the only way.
New York and Paris both respected innovation, but Paris demanded that the new have a certain style.
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s new album, Broadway-Lafayette, features her on three pieces, all written since 1924, that celebrate musical ties between France and the United States.
“The kids in Boston accepted us unconditionally, and we hung out with everyone out there—Barrence Whitfield, the Bristols, the Del Fuegos.”
Jazz Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1938-1983
More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
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