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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica

October 3, 2024
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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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Jazz CD Review: A “Lost” John Coltrane Recording — “Blue World”

September 4, 2019
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Blue World is valuable for its pellucid recording of takes of tunes Coltrane’s fans already love. They will have to have it.

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Jazz CD Review: Charlie Parker — The Unheard — But Indispensable — Bird

July 11, 2016
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It’s easy to recommend this new two disc set, where the miracle that was Charlie Parker is on glorious display again and again.

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