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Jazz CD Reviews: Wadada Leo Smith — Paying Superb Homage to Monk, and Other Heroes

That’s why Wadada Leo Smith’s musical visions are so miraculous: there’s an impression of drift, yet they rarely meander.

Con Chapman September 19, 2019 at 11:57 am on Arts Remembrance: Emily Remler — The Short Life and Sad Death of a Jazz GuitaristI think she might have continued to get stronger, then plateaued/cooled off/mellowed with age. If you compare young to old...
Ralph P. Locke September 18, 2019 at 9:09 pm on Opera Album Review: A Renaissance-Toned Opera by Saint-Saëns, Finally (and Finely) RecordedThanks for the appreciative words! I like trying to connect a work that I'm reviewing to some others that readers...
Allen Michie September 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm on Arts Remembrance: Emily Remler — The Short Life and Sad Death of a Jazz GuitaristThere's no telling what kind of monster she would be on the instrument by now if she were still alive....
Meredith September 18, 2019 at 6:21 pm on Opera Album Review: A Renaissance-Toned Opera by Saint-Saëns, Finally (and Finely) RecordedI am always glad to see another article by Ralph Locke in the Arts Fuse. I was especially interested in...
Arts Fuse Editor September 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm on Theater Review: “The America Plays” — Aisle of the DeadThanks ... it was heartfelt.