Better Late Than Never - THE GIG

01/04/2011

Better Late Than Never

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Charles Lloyd Quartet, “Mirror”

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Year-End Year-Ender As promised, and/or threatened: a couple of weeks ago, Ben Ratliff and I sat down to talk about the year in jazz for the NY Times Popcast. Ben Sisario moderated our conversation; Jon Pareles chimed in a few times. Listen here, or subscribe via iTunes or whatever. Ciao!

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Dialogues with Danilo The cover story in the new issue of JazzTimes is about pianist, composer and educator Danilo Pérez, whose Grammy-nominated album Providencia captures much of the sweeping energy of his recent creative life. I went to Boston in the fall for Pérez’s album-release gig at Scullers, and then spent a few engaging hours at his well-appointed home in Quincy, Mass. (That link leads you to a preview; the full piece, which I obviously endorse, is only available in print.) I saw this piece as something more than the story of Providencia; by my reckoning, 2010 marked the end of a momentous...

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