Steve Provizer
The music in these recordings only represent only a moment in pianist Ahmad Jamal’s long career, but it’s enough to demonstrate the singularity and importance of his work.
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Europa Galante is small enough to make touring financially viable, yet large enough to successfully undertake “larger” works in a variety of venues.
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Sometimes Pharoah Sanders came back and played like a primordial saxophone deity, cutting into the rhythm section like an act of penetration.
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Longtime GBH host Eric Jackson passed away earlier this morning.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Pianist Jeremy Denk is a sensitive and articulate polymath who can elucidate his ideas about music with wit, humor, and style.
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These performances on The Ed Sullivan Show occurred almost exclusively between 1957 and 1964 and that’s not happenstance. They coincide with the only slice of time when different styles of jazz ever got a significant airing on television.
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When listeners outsource their listening to streaming organizations, as they commonly do, they are often directed to music that has been selected to fatten up someone’s bottom line, not to enrich and expand their musical lives.
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Arts Biz Commentary Update: Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment Got Some Explainin’ to Do
How do you spell a monopoly that is killing the live music industry? Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
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