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Opera Album Review: A Marvelous New Recording of Rossini’s “The Silken Ladder”– at a Bargain Price

February 22, 2023
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Rossini’s one-act opera from 1812 rings fresh changes on a host of comic-opera clichés.

Jazz Album Review: “Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section” — Unquenchable Talent

February 21, 2023
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This Craft reissue is welcome for the presence and distinctness of its sound, and for the state-of-the-art playing. Art Pepper will be going through my head for days.

Jazz Concert Review: Jason Moran and the Big Bandwagon Pay Splendid Homage to “One of the Original Big Bangs in Black Music”

February 21, 2023
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Jason Moran, as virtuoso pianist and bandleader, enacted all of jazz history at the keyboard, from ragtime to no time, as the saying goes.

Music Interview: YouTube Algorithm Causes Major Disruption to Jazz Video Guy, Bret Primack

February 18, 2023
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Bret Primack explains how YouTube has basically nuked the Jazz Video Guy channel. And the same thing is happening to other content creators.

Opera Album Review: Still Haunting After All These Years — Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw”

February 17, 2023
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A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.

Jazz Album Review: “The Birth of Bop” — Chronicling the Transition from Swing to Bop

February 13, 2023
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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.

Concert Preview/Interview: John Lodge of the Moody Blues on Reprising “Days of Future Passed”

February 11, 2023
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“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.”

Music Remembrance: Burt Bacharach — Stealth Pop Composer

February 10, 2023
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Without us even knowing it, Burt Bacharach opened up our ears.

Folk Album Reviews: Hearing The Real Thing — Field Recorders’ Collective’s Commitment to Traditional American Music

February 8, 2023
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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.

Music Concert Preview: Where to Hear “The Place Between” — In the Months Ahead

February 7, 2023
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Here are some recommendations of concerts with hybrid works coming to the Boston area in the months ahead.

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