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Russ Gershon

Dance Review — Reclaiming Space, Quarry Dance IX

The film allowed me to see the dancers’ connections to each other, and their connections to the quarries themselves.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Dušan Týnek, Lisa Hahn, Marcia B. Siegel, Quarry Dance IX, Russ Gershon, Windhover for Performing Arts

Jazz Book Review: “Blue Rhythm Fantasy” — Illuminating the Swing Era

This is more interesting than a sweeping survey, it is a portrait of an African-American musician whose career peaked in the Swing Era.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Blue Rhythm Fantasy: Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era, Francis “Chappie” Willet, John Wriggle, Russ Gershon, Swing Era

Fuse Remembrance: Appreciating David Bowie — A Virtuoso of Intimacy.

I trust Bowie, the way I trust Stevie or Miles or Aretha or Duke or Bach or Debussy or Ornette or Rahsaan or the recently departed Paul Bley.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Music, Rock Tagged: David Bowie, Rock Dreams, Russ Gershon

Fuse News: Mercury Falls, and Jazz Is Still in the House

Saxophonist Patrick Cress

The idea of house concerts seems to be getting some legs. The “fabulous world headquarters loft of Accurate Records” again plays host, this time to the eclectic San Francisco band, Mercury Falls.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Fuse News, Jazz, Music, Rock Tagged: Accurate Records, Boston Jazz Week, Mercury Falls, Patrick Cress, Russ Gershon

Jazz Review: Either / Orchestra — (10 + X) 25 = E / O

Reviewed by Steve Elman. The larger the band, the more important its leader. The sheer drudgery of keeping a large jazz ensemble functioning as a musical and business entity leads almost inevitably to a need for a guiding intelligence. Even if one person isn’t personally booking the gigs, making the phone calls, preparing the lead […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Either/Orchestra, Jazz, Russ Gershon

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