This week’s Coming Attractions will be posted later today, but here are two events of note that are taking place today, Sunday, February 28.
Lily Pad
Classical Music Review: The Composer Focus Series Asks — “Mozart?”
This performance of contemporary pieces inspired by Mozart came with a touch of the playfully interrogative.
Jazz Review: British Saxophonist Evan Parker Brings his Brand of Innovation to Boston
Free and fluid as it was, the set made memorable sense to the packed crowd at the Lily Pad.
Jazz Review: Guitarist Eric Hofbauer at the Lily Pad — A Mosaic of American Moods
Jazz Guitarist Eric Hofbauer likes to deconstruct tunes and scramble them with free-associative juxtaposition.
Jazz Review: Crazy about Kaze, Satoko Fujii’s Quartet at the Lily Pad
Satoko Fujii’s quartet could go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat, but only once in a while, and nearly always at the perfect time.
Fuse Jazz News: Happy 99th Birthday Sun Ra! A Local Celebration Tonight
Come celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.
Jazz Concert Review: Guitar Double Header at the Lily Pad — Joe Morris Trio/Mary Halvorson Quintet
When the musical whirlwind came to an end the crowd responded with a standing ovation, an enthusiastic testament to the power of this sweat-soaked night of edgy jazz guitar.
Fuse Music Review — The Fringe, Dave Liebman, & Rakalam Bob Moses: All In, In Deep
In less than an hour, there had been enough substance to send the first set crowd into the Cambridge night shaking their heads in amazement, spirits lifted, all else forgotten for a brief still time. Another houseful of listeners waited on the sidewalk for the second set. By Steve Elman. The best way to hear […]
Coming Attractions in Jazz: August 2010
By J. R. Carroll Vacation time? Not for the musicians of New England. An amazing amount of live music this month, not a little of it free and open to the public. Photo by Denise Sullivan Treme trombonist and vocalist Glen David Andrews bridges gospel and New Orleans jazz at Johnny D’s in Somerville, MA […]
Coming Attractions in Jazz: March 2010
By J. R. Carroll March is the month for Elder Statesmen—and drummers. Bassist Buster Williams has played and recorded with, well, damn near everyone, and currently leads his own Something More Quartet; they’ll be coming to Scullers on March 2 at 8 p.m. Photo by Mandy Hall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Drummer […]