Music
“I just want to fly my kite like everyone else. I’m not interested in being the greatest. That sounds like an awful ball and chain. I love the freedom that I have.”
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford never seems to be straining; he can be exuberant without sounding brassy.
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Joseph Bologne, whose mother was a slave in Guadeloupe, proves to be as skillful in vocal-dramatic music as we have long known he was in instrumental works.
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The band’s performance was stellar. Its setlist was on point: a bit of the new, a bit more of the early stuff, and a whole lot of “AM.” In America, in 2023, that’s just good fan service.
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The truth is the Beatles wouldn’t have been the Beatles without Abbey Road, and Abbey Road wouldn’t have been Abbey Road without the Beatles.
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We’re not saying get rid of “Madama Butterfly” We’re saying do a better Butterfly.
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There was no doubt guitarist Chuck Garvey was already up to the task, sealing the grit and heart necessary to return moe. to jam-bound heights.
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September releases from Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis are sure to be among the best jazz albums of the year.
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The arrangements seem to emerge organically from the structure and feel of the compositions and harmonies, like leaves unfolding from the stem of an exotic plant.
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Three re-issued albums reinforce the claim that jazz recordings hit their peak from 1956 to 1964.
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