The throughline of “Town and Country” is folk — austere, hardscrabble.
Ran Blake
Music Perspective / Preview: The Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory – “Where the Borders Disappear”
The Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program is one of the best things we have in New England music, and if you’ve lived for any length of time in the Boston area without attending one of its concerts, you’ve missed an important experience.
Jazz Preview / Commentary: The Alla Elana Cohen – Ran Blake Project
It’s a worthy effort –- and, as a listener, how many times will you have the chance for real adventure inside a concert hall?
Jazz CD Review: The Dominique Eade Quartet at Scullers & Ran Blake / Dominique Eade CD, “Whirlpool”
Dominique Eade’s two greatest gifts are her clarity of musical thought and her courage as an improviser. She does not try to be a cabaret-style interpreter or a ring-a-ding-ding swinger.
Coming Attractions: Jazz Week Special Edition
By J. R. Carroll Coming Attractions in Jazz for April 2010 unfortunately was washed away by the Waters of March (“It’s the mud, it’s the mud”), but we couldn’t let this year’s Jazz Week slip by without highlighting a few of the numerous events taking place in the Boston metro area from Friday, April 23, […]
