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New World Jazz Composers Octet

The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From the Experts

The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From the Experts

Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem — the sage writers for The Arts Fuse (with an assist from our readers) come to the rescue with thoughtful suggestions.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Dance, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Theater Tagged: & Memoirs, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, Alex Alvear, Ambrose Bierce, and Almereyda, arts, Branagh, Cinematic Hamlet: The Films of Olivier, gifts, holiday, Jimmie Lunceford, John-Coltrane, Library-of-America, Mango Blue, Mosaic-Records, New World Jazz Composers Octet, Patrick J. Cook, Paul Lieberman, Tales, The Devil's Dictionary, Thelonious Monk, Thomas-Bernhard, Victor Halfwit: A Winter's Tale, Voltaire, Zeffirelli

Fuse Music Review — The New World Jazz Composers Octet: Big Ideas, Small Boxes

Fuse Music Review — The New World Jazz Composers Octet: Big Ideas, Small Boxes

With musicians of the NWJCO’s caliber, there never was a question that the music would be performed well in concert. It’s more that, after living with this repertoire for almost a year, the players took greater possession of the music and made it more their own, even in performance of the written material. By Steve […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Jazz, Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, Daniel Ian Smith, New World Jazz Composers Octet, Steve Elman, Transitions

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