Jazz
In what ways are the arts themselves (and our understanding of them) being shaped to serve the ethos of corporate profit-making?
On these two discs you’ll find masterfully played, engaging excursions into the tonal beyond.
Composer/pianist Anthony Coleman’s meticulous crafting made every second worthwhile.
Mostly the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ends up being about the multiplicity and infinite variety of cultures and traditions, including generic funk.
As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.
Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.
Jazz singer Mark Murphy was just too much for most audiences during that period; too intense, too varied, too unpredictable.
Stanley Sagov never wants to play a piece the same way twice. He’s always engaged in a “search for freshness.”
This documentary about John Coltrane serves up skillful, sensitive storytelling and an appropriate sense of reverence.
Jazz Commentary: Response to “The Jazz Bubble”
Arts Fuse Jazz critic Steve Provizer responds to Dale Chapman’s book The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in a Neoliberal Culture.
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