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Getting it live: Boston's Spring jazz preview

Singing and more in the clubs
Two of the most adventurous and enduring of Boston bands, both coming off banner years in which they celebrated their 25th anniversaries, are pushing hard into spring.
By JON GARELICK  |  March 14, 2011
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Does jazz have a melody problem?

Phil Sargent and Daniel Bennett try a new approach
It seems lately that every other jazz musician I talk to under 40 wants to talk about melody — how it’s the thing they all care about.  
By JON GARELICK  |  June 02, 2010
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No identity crisis

Nando Michelin and Matt Steckler know who they are
If great art and great artists are supposed to contain multitudes, then in music, at least, pianists have the edge: 10 fingers theoretically capable of 10 different simultaneous paths for the music to take. Of course, it's not that simple.
By JON GARELICK  |  February 08, 2010
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Autumn leaves

A cornucopia of jazz
One of the great harbingers of fall jazz for the past seven years has been the Beantown Jazz Festival.
By JON GARELICK  |  September 08, 2008
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School days

Fred Woodard’s post-grad life, plus ‘KGBG’ at the Lily Pad
Fred Woodard graduated from Berklee in 1983 — and that’s when he really started to go to school.
By JON GARELICK  |  June 17, 2008
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Skimming the cream

Jazz: 2007 in review
Some of my favorite things from among the people, CDs, and performances I wrote about this year.
By JON GARELICK  |  December 17, 2007
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Holy spirit of the saxophone

The John Coltrane Memorial Concert and Ben Ratliff’s Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
John Coltrane died 40 years ago this past July at the age of 40 of liver cancer.
By JON GARELICK  |  September 12, 2007
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The tenorist

Jerry Bergonzi sets the standard — as player and teacher
The scene is typical for a Boston jazz date.
By JON GARELICK  |  June 19, 2007
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Brothers and other mothers

Jazz in concerts and clubs
The single hottest ticket among jazz fans this season will be for the Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Quartet.
By JON GARELICK  |  March 13, 2007
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Tango talk

Bernardo Monk steps out
Argentine tango has a strong tradition. Which is both good and bad news for Bernardo Monk.
By JON GARELICK  |  January 23, 2007
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Summer lasts forever

Now Is Now issue another disc full of sun-shiny pop  
Mitch Alden, frontman and songwriter for Now Is Now, is by all appearances a very happy guy.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  October 25, 2006
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The talk of the town

Live jazz to die for
With the Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival defunct and no other significant local jazz fest in sight, the Beantown Jazz Festival has been stepping up to fill the void.
By JON GARELICK  |  September 13, 2006
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In all languages

Winter concert preview: looking ahead to jazz in 2006
For the past half decade or so, saxophonist Chris Potter has alternately traveled with two of the best bandleaders in jazz, Dave Holland and Dave Douglas.
By JON GARELICK  |  January 14, 2006

[ 02/18 ]   20th Annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball  @ Rhodes-On-the-Pawtuxet
[ 02/18 ]   "Dana Levin: A Classical Realist In the 21st Century," an exhibit of paintings  @ Bert Gallery
[ 02/18 ]   A screening of Andy Warhol's Sleep  @ RK Projects + Magic Lantern Cinema
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