Music
Jason Moran, as virtuoso pianist and bandleader, enacted all of jazz history at the keyboard, from ragtime to no time, as the saying goes.
A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.
The Birth of Bop contains performances from some important participants in the bop revolution — Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Allen Eager, Fats Navarro, Max Roach, J.J. Johnson, and others.
“I love music, I play every day,” John Lodge says. “I don’t want to let the audience down or myself or the members of my band. They give me 150% every night so I have to be physically and mentally right for them.”
Without us even knowing it, Burt Bacharach opened up our ears.
The Field Recorders’ Collective is dedicated to preserving and distributing non-commercial recordings of traditional American music that are not available to the general public. In January, took three gems out of the archive and made them available to stream and download.
Here are some recommendations of concerts with hybrid works coming to the Boston area in the months ahead.
Left to her own devices for a change to pick the material, the format, and the musicians, singer Jo Lawry has chosen with grace and guts.
2022 was a year in which hybrid musical forms reached more Boston audiences than ever before. 2023 promises to open even more doors. The Place Between is no longer dangerous territory, a detour, or a side road. It has become a destination in itself.

Music Interview: YouTube Algorithm Causes Major Disruption to Jazz Video Guy, Bret Primack
Bret Primack explains how YouTube has basically nuked the Jazz Video Guy channel. And the same thing is happening to other content creators.
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