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Jazz Commentary: Four Recent Composer-Driven Jazz Releases — New Wine in New Bottles

October 4, 2023
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Four recent releases illustrate what can happen when the only limits are the imagination of the composer and the passion of the performers.

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

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I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

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