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Jazz Album Reviews and Commentary: Jazz Composers’ Omnibus 2024, Take 2

January 8, 2025
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In four (more) projects from 2024, jazz-oriented composers supply some of the decade’s best music so far.

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Arts Criticism Commentary: In Defense of Negative Book Reviews

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“Criticism will always have the force of the child in the story about the emperor’s new clothes, because there will always be naked emperors who everybody says are wearing today’s Crown Jewels.” — Eric Bentley

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