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Jazz Commentary Drill Down: Duke Ellington’s “New World A-Coming”

February 3, 2012
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Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a detailed examination of…

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Commentary Drill Down: George Russell’s “Living Time”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Jazz Commentary Drill Down: Dave Brubeck’s “Elementals”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Fuse Commentary Drill Down: Donal Fox’s “Peace Out”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Fuse Commentary Drill Down: Iiro Rantala’s “Concerto in G-sharp / A-flat”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Jazz Commentary Drill Down: Michel Camilo’s “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Commentary Drill Down: Claus Ogerman’s “Symbiosis”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Classical Music Sampler: February 2012

February 1, 2012
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February feels like the ‘New November’: concerts of real interest during the weekdays and too many great concerts during the weekends.

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Fuse Concert Review: A Lively Anonymous 4

January 31, 2012
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The Anonymous 4 went through their medieval and early Renaissance paces, vibrato-less but historically informed and performed.

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Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey Light Up Symphony Hall

January 30, 2012
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After the “Lobgesang”’s premiere, Robert Schumann declared this movement “a glimpse of heaven filled with Raphael’s madonnas,” and Saturday’s performance by the BSO came about as close to that as one could imagine, sensitively phrased and beautifully blended.

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