The Studio, July 23 Although Louis Armstrong invented jazz singing and Sarah Vaughan made it soar to dizzy heights, Billie Holiday remains the pinnacle if understatement, emotional directness and rhythmic nous are allowed to outweigh power and vocal gymnastics. In the centenary year of Holiday’s birth – she died in…
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The Studio, July 20 Four more diverse finalists are hard to imagine. MC Tim Richie referred to the judges’ difficulty in comparing apples with oranges, but this was more like comparing apples with fire-engines, churches and wombats. In the event the judges awarded the $15,000 Music Trust Freedman Jazz Fellowship…
The Baroque Room, July 4 Putting Napoleon, the Rainbow Warrior bombing and arrogant waiters to one side, the French have been better for the rest of the world than just about anyone else. Champagne, Moliere, Monet, Debussy, Malle, Burgundy, baguettes and brie alone would put them in hot contention, but…