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Monday, June 18, 2012

Arts Fuse Jazz Review: Transcendence – Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project by Steve Elman

If you’re a Gil Evans devotee, or even a casual appreciator, have I got good news for you: Ryan Truesdell’s Centennial, more than 70 minutes of Evans that we never thought we’d hear, 1…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AM

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Arts Fuse Preview / Commentary: The Alla Elana Cohen – Ran Blake Project by Steve Elman

It’s a worthy effort –- and, as a listener, how many times will you have the chance for real adventure inside a concert hall?

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:13AM

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Arts Fuse Review: An Evening with Kirill Gerstein at Berklee or, The Jazz Piano Concerto, Part 2.5 by Steve Elman

Like other great artists –- Martha Argerich and Steve Lacy come to mind right away -- pianist Kirill Gerstein approaches every note with a sense of how important that note is in relation t…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AM

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Arts Fuse Music Commentary: The Problem of the Jazz Piano Concerto – Side A by Steve Elman

When the jazz composer is the soloist, which is usually the case, he or she ironically revives one of the most venerable traditions in classical music.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:28AM

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Arts Fuse Review / Commentary: Chick Corea’s “The Continents” and the Problem of the Jazz Piano Concerto by Steve Elman

Chick Corea’s “The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet and Chamber Orchestra” is filled with tuneful melody, shows off some superb playing by the soloists, breaks new ground in a num…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:20PM

Monday, February 13, 2012

Arts Fuse Review / Commentary: David Sanborn at Scullers – The Craftsman Cometh by Steve Elman

Art with a capital A has been put on such a pedestal that Craft with a capital C has been downgraded to a shabby or rustic sort of activity of which the practitioner should be a little asham…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53AM

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Arts Fuse Preview / Commentary: Jason Moran’s Monk Project by Steve Elman

So Jason Moran has decided to re-create something that is already a pinnacle of a master’s work –- something that could hardly be improved on. You could be expected to ask Why? and How?

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:08PM

Monday, December 5, 2011

Fuse Music Review/Commentary: Gunther Schuller’s Gift of Giving – Boston Conservatory New Music Festival III by Steve Elman

Boston Conservatory’s New Music Festival is inspiring a series of commentaries from Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman. Here is his third installment, which focuses on Gunther Schuller, who has …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31PM

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Fuse Music Review / Commentary: A Dispatch from the Border by Steve Elman

Boston Conservatory's New Music Festival is inspiring a series of critical and speculative commentaries from Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman. Here is the first.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:44AM

Monday, November 21, 2011