It’s Been a Year
Almost impossible to believe, but it was a year ago today that I saw my last live concert: the NY Philharmonic with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and conductor Louis Langrée. From
New Music
Music in the Time of COVID: Christian Sands and Ashley Bathgate
(Photo: Sabrina Santiago, The New York Times) Well, it's been a minute. First and foremost, I hope everyone out there is hanging in, staying safe and sane. But, I won't
Music at Home
Ok, being stuck at home sucks, but at least we have modern technology to get us through the day. And no, I don't mean bingeing Tiger King. There is a
The Music Stops
"How do you keep the music playing?How do you make it last?How do you keep the song from fadingToo fast?" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, "How Do You Keep the
Composer Portrait: Caroline Shaw with Attacca Quartet and So Percussion
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) Simply put: What can't Caroline Shaw do? As a violinist, she seems just as much at home playing a Mozart quartet as
Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Half-Marathon
Keyon Harrold by Dan Lehner It’s hard to believe, 16 years in and with improvised music culture consistently moving out of Manhattan, that this was Winter Jazzfest’s first foray
Winter Jazzfest Marathon – Saturday
by Dan Lehner and Pete Matthews Greg Osby and Lakecia Benjamin at Le Poisson Rouge A warm Friday gave way to an even warmer Saturday – making Winter Jazzfest seem
Winter Jazzfest Marathon 2020 – Friday Recap
Charles Altura, left; Jure Pukl, right by Dan Lehner An unseasonable warm spell may have made for an odd environment for Winter Jazzfest this year, but encouraging people to
Kelly Moran at Roulette
The prepared piano – where a pianist places screws, forks and other foreign objects on the piano strings to create strange, eerie timbres – has long had a place in