Search Results: The Slip online
It amazed me that Lee Konitz in his nineties could still find his way through a maze of changes, chorus after chorus, and at the same time be capable of weaving a beautiful, unscripted melody while producing a sound so wide, one could crawl into it.
Read More
For fans of director Stanley Kubrick, this enhanced biography may be the most thorough and readable volume on one of the cinema’s most profound seers.
Read MoreIn the future, when a literary historian looks at the long-forgotten Lilly Prize and wonders what did its selection panels get right, it will be recognized that it had been sensitive and intelligent enough to realize the beauty of David Ferry’s poetry, an oeuvre which is sure to grow in stature. By Daniel Bosch In…
Read MoreWhat is a Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This session discusses Elizabeth Graver’s new novel The End of the Point, a multi-generational story about the trials and tribulations of a family that takes place between 1942 and 1999 in Ashaunt Point, a fictional beach community on Massachusetts’ seacoast.
Read MoreWho was this stunning talent with the roof-raising voice and why in the world isn’t she a star, fans would wonder?
Read More
Nate Patrin’s magnificently written and wildly informative new book argues for the artistry of sampling, its potential for beauty.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Read MorePeter Pullman deplores (without bathos) the wreckage of Bud Powell’s life and mourns (without tears) the consequent loss of so much masterful music. And his story of Powell’s life is even grimmer than the one we have previously been told.
Read More
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Read More
Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio
Zev Feldman is becoming one of the great sleuth-producers of our time, and his name is becoming a marker of quality.
Read More