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Jazz CD Review Round-Up: Christopher Hollyday, Chris Pasin, Abigail Rockwell, and Jake Ehrenreich

November 15, 2018
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Christopher Hollyday’s Telepathy is a keeper, Chris Pasin’s Ornettiquette is an excellent outing, Jake Ehrenreich’s A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs is uneven, and for some long winter nights Abigail Rockwell’s Autumn Noir might be just the ticket.

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Music Remembrance: Singer Ronnie Spector — 1943-2022

January 13, 2022
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Brian Wilson tweeted: “I loved her voice so much and she was a very special person and a dear friend. This just breaks my heart. Ronnie’s music and spirit will live forever.”

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Theater Review: “Becoming a Man” — Making a Statement

February 25, 2024
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If only “Becoming a Man”‘s pathos were less streamlined, its theatricality more ambitious.

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Coming Attractions: February 5 through 14 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 29, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming weeks.

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Arts Remembrance: Tony Bennett (1926-2023)

July 22, 2023
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Tony Bennett’s enthusiasm for life and music was persuasive, even when it seems outsized.

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Music Commentary: Talent Beyond Time — Music Veterans Quietly Have a Landmark Year

January 29, 2007
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Of course this Social Security Six is a fluke, not a trend. And at first, the albums seem to have nothing in common beyond persistence and determination by the leaders. And not even that.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Matthew Shipp and Whit Dickey — Unrepentant Proponents of Free Jazz

June 2, 2020
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Decades on, Matthew Shipp and Whit Dickey have grown into mature models of how to keep the faith when following an idiosyncratic muse.

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Arts Remembrance: Tony Bennett, R.I.P.

July 23, 2023
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Tony Bennett was not only a singular artist. He was, by all accounts, a mensch: an early supporter of the civil rights struggle and participant in innumerable benefits, he was a generous mentor.

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Book Interview: Edgar Allan Poe — America’s Maestro of Suffering

March 2, 2016
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The Annotated Poe invites readers to take a fresh look at Edgar Allan Poe and his far-ranging artistic legacy.

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Classical Music Sampler: November 2011

October 29, 2011
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It’s “Mahler Unleashed” month at the New England Conservatory. I heartily recommend all of the “Mahler Unleashed” events.

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