Anyone familiar with the roots of American folk music, would instantlyrecognize the opening lyrics to “This Land Is Your Land” (1944)by Woody Guthrie –the father of folk music and singer, writer, traveling troubadour, political protester, people’s poet and philosopher for the forgotten, down trodden andmarginal America of the 1930’s...
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The Yoko Miwa Trio
The Yoko Miwa Trio Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA Thursday, Oct. 26th, 2017 8pm Inside Scullers’ new smaller jazz nightclub downstairs, with its dark wood interior and low light, it would be quiet except for the wonderfully energized and spirited enthusiasm that internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Yoko Miwa...
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MATT WILSON RELEASES ‘HONEY & SALT’ INSPIRED BY THE POETRY OF CARL SANDBURG
It’s not often that a musician can find inspiration in his favorite poet, compose a moving palette of jazz interpretations, while also sharing a distant relationship on the very same family tree. Jazz musician, drummer, composer and band leader Matt Wilson can make just that claim, with feeling and...
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Jazz Notes: Berklee Hosts a Gala Honoring Jazz Impresario Fred Taylor and the Stars Come Out
In all his years as the legendary music promoter of the Boston area and cultivator of many renowned jazz musicians and artists, Fred Taylor hardly expected someone to be promoting musical acts for his benefit. But on the evening of September 12, at the Berklee College of Music’s Performance...
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Jazz Notes: Passing the Newport Jazz Festival Baton from Founder George Wein to New Artistic Director Christian McBride
As the new artistic director of the Newport Jazz Festival, Christian McBride has put his stamp on this year’s lineup for the 2017performances, adding a mix of incredibly diverse musicians—though, by his own account, he was totally surprised when chosen for this role. The conversations with George Wein, the...
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Review: The Jazz & Blues Art Box
As any jazz archivist can attest, filming records in the smoky nightclubs with dimly lit stages, where many jazz & blues musicians performed, were sometimes all that history had as a record. Housed in a modular cabinet, are 400 hours of music, 96 exclusive interviews and 20 yearbooks. Inside...
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Review BLO’s “The Rake’s Progress”
On a night where Stravinsky’s music was to take the stage in Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of the his opera The Rake’s Progress at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theater, there was additional anticipation for the character of the composer himself to appear as part of the production. He was...
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Jazz with a mission: An Interview with Danilo Pérez
Where do gifted musicians go to become student leaders of a world community and affect positive social change? The Berklee Global Jazz Institute in Boston, founded by Grammy-award winning jazz pianist, composer, professor and educator Danilo Pérez, through a curriculum that includes world-music exploration from roots up, to arrangements...
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Rolling Stones Rock-Out with first Cuban Concert
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Leonard Cohen – A Reflection
Leonard Cohen – A Reflection by David Coomber In a world of light beer Leonard Cohen was a full bodied red wine, in a world of puppy love in the corner coffee bar, Cohen was Romeo and Juliet played out in the steamy heat of a Verona night he was...
