Review

Jazz Concert Review: Celebrating Bob Brookmeyer

March 9, 2018
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Bob Brookmeyer’s great contribution was to make it seem as though anything is possible — and permissible –in the big band context.

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Book/Music Feature: “Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968”

March 9, 2018
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Dedham native and Boston University graduate Ryan H. Walsh wanted to learn more about the local connections to what he calls his “favorite album of all time.”

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Music Review: Bob Weir & Phil Lesh — Together, At Times

March 8, 2018
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On the occasions that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performed as a legitimate duo the concert attained some of its more transcendent peaks.

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Film Review: “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” — Bold, Brainy, and Beautiful

March 8, 2018
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The documentary Bombshell illuminates Heddy Lamar’s enigmatic legacy with gentle scrutiny and justifiable awe.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #17 – Joan Tower’s “Chamber Dance”

March 8, 2018
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From a compositional standpoint, too, Chamber Dance is an example of Tower at her engaging best.

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Theater Review: Playing “The White Card”

March 7, 2018
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The White Card‘s examination of white philanthropy and racism stays well within the comfort zone.

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Jazz Review: Accent — “In This Together”

March 7, 2018
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The music on Accent’s album is lovely and the singers render the arrangements with skill and commitment.

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Book Review: Charlotte Salomon — A Magnificent Act of Faith

March 7, 2018
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To mark the hundredth birthday of Charlotte Salomon, who is emerging as one of the 20th century’s great artists, come two fabulous volumes dedicated to her work. Read More

Concert Review: Pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan

March 6, 2018
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Their combined sound, made by two nested pianos, their lids off, aided and abetted by Jordan Hall’s superb acoustics, was irresistible.

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Book Review: László Krasznahorkai’s “The World Goes On” — Migrations of the Spirit

March 6, 2018
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It is proof of the translators’ skill that Krasznahorkai’s sentences work as well as they do.

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