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Music Profile: Violinist, Teacher, Composer, and Arranger Mimi Rabson — Making a Life in Art

The life of a working musician is not a second-class life, and Mimi Rabson’s is Exhibit A: “I try to get past the limits of the definitions and get to the joy.”

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Jazz, Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, David Harris, Jazz Composer Alliance, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, Klezmer Conservatory Band, Mimi-Rabson, RESQ, Steve Elman, Strings Theory Trio, Triarky

Arts Feature: Significant Jazz Experiences, 2020

The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — performances, recordings, and books.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Allen Michie, Michael Ullman, Steve Elman, Steve Feeney

Jazz Appreciation/Album Review — Carla Bley, 84 and Counting

Carla Bley’s last three CDs are not a casual sequence, and hearing all of them together, as I did recently, provides a refreshing reminder of her greatness.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Andy Sheppard, Carla Bley, Steve Elman, Steve Swallow

Jazz Review/Interview: Duncan Heining Revises His Landmark Biography of Jazz Composer George Russell

If you do not know George Russell, this book will bring you closer to one of the geniuses of American music.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: George Russell, Jazz Internationale, Steve Elman, Stratusphunk, Stratusphunk: George Russell His Life and Music

Jazz Survey: Chordless Drills – A Listener’s Guide to the Saxophone Trio

Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: Air, Albert Ayler, Bob Moses, Bradford Marsalis, Dave Liebman, David Murray, Elvin Jones, Fly, Henry Grimes, Henry Threadgill, JD Allen, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, John-Coltrane, Jon Irabagon, Kenny Garrett, Lee Konitz, Marcus Strickland, Mark Turner, Melissa Aldana, Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers, Saxophone trio, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Adams, Steve Elman, Steve Lacy, The Fringe

Jazz Album Review: “The Prospector” — A Saxophone-Bass-Drums Combination to Treasure

Nothing detracts from the essentials here – three fine players in creative conversation.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Allan Chase, Austin McMahon, Bruno Råberg, Orbis Music, Steve Elman

Arts Commentary: Meditations on Separation

This is what I feel can add: the perspective of a native-born son of the Rochester metro; and a view from the bridge through jazz-colored glasses.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Alice Randall, Black Bottom Saints, Frederick Douglass, How to be an Antiracist, Steve Elman

Coming Attractions: March 8 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Matt Hanson, Peg Aloi, peter-Walsh, Steve Elman, Susan Miron, Tim Jackson

Coming Attractions: February 23 Through March 10– What Will Light Your Fire

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Blake Maddux, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Merli V. Guerra, Milo Miles, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, Steve Elman, Tim Jackson

Coming Attractions: February 9 Through 25 — What Will Light Your Fire

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Blake Maddux, Evelyn Rosenthal, Matt Hanson, Merli V. Guerra, Noah Schaffer, Steve Elman, Susan Miron, Tim Jackson

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