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Gabba gabba hayride

Tommy Ramone’s roots show in Uncle Monk
Punks in the know will tell you that the club where the music started, CBGB, is an acronym for “country, bluegrass, and blues.”
By STEVEN BEEBER  |  July 08, 2008
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A whole new rush

Dr. Lovemonkey
You are obviously not a brilliant musician who appreciates the grand gifts that Rush displays.
By DR. LOVEMONKEY  |  February 28, 2008
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In action

The ‘Jazz Icons’ DVDs
In the era of YouTube, we’re apt to forget that not every note of music ever played has been captured on film or video.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  November 26, 2007
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Standards

Julius Hemphill at the Gardner, Cyrus Plays Elvis
For much of his life, no one played Thelonious Monk pieces except Thelonious Monk.
By JON GARELICK  |  October 23, 2007
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Three for the road

Herbie Hancock, Renee Rosnes, and Luciana Souza
Maybe it’s Larry Klein’s world and the rest of us just live in it.
By JON GARELICK  |  August 21, 2007
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Birds of a feather

The jazz flocks gather at Newport
What continues to make the JVC Jazz Festival at Newport so vital these days isn’t just the variety but the depth of the variety.
By JON GARELICK  |  August 15, 2007
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Fathers and son

Joshua Redman goes East
It must be daunting to have Joshua Redman’s talent.
By JON GARELICK  |  May 01, 2007
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The golden age

The USM School of Music celebrates 50 years
The University of Southern Maine’s School of Music celebrates a golden anniversary, with a performance featuring nearly 300 performers and two world premieres by Maine composers.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN  |  April 25, 2007
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Making small bigger

Upsizing the Portland Chamber Music Festival
Chamber music originated in the 17th and 18th centuries for nobles and aristocrats, written by personal house composers.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN  |  February 28, 2007
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Having more fun

Lucinda Williams goes West
By the time Car Wheels on a Gravel Road came out, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, and Tom Petty had all recorded Williams’s songs.
By MATT ASHARE  |  February 13, 2007
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Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale

Not a bum note
They called him Melodious Thunk.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  October 18, 2006
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The anxiety of influence

Tyner, Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, and Branford Marsalis
“I’m playing changes!” That’s what a young jazz-pianist acquaintance of mine announced exultantly to one of his musical buddies back in the early ’70s.
By JON GARELICK  |  September 26, 2006
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From Chicago to Addis

The Vandermark 5 and the Either/Orchestra bring it all back home
I know of no single, clear definition of “free bop,” but I think I know it when I hear it, and I’d say no one does it better than the Vandermark 5.
By JON GARELICK  |  February 09, 2006

E.S.T. at Scullers

Jazz On Ice
Svensson has said that Radiohead and Wilco have been more of an influence than contemporary jazz on E.S.T.
By JON GARELICK  |  January 30, 2006

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