Bobby Reed, Downbeat Motown founder Berry Gordy has been credited with the famous quotation, “Don’t bore us—get to the chorus.” It’s a slogan that applies to jazz-pop singer Lauren Desberg’s … Read More
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EDITOR’S PICK: Downbeat Reviews Sam Newsome’s ” Chaos Theory: Song Cycles for Prepared Saxophone”
J.D. Considine, Downbeat In the seven decades since John Cage’s “Sonatas And Interludes” instructed pianists to “prepare” their instrument by placing screws, coins, pencils and other objects on the instrumnent’s … Read More
EDITOR’S PICK: JazzTimes Features Vanessa Rubin’s “The Dream is You”
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Jazz Times Features Mark Whitfield’s “Grace” as an Editor’s Pick
by Mike Joyce, Jazz Times To find three Berklee alumni recording together isn’t unusual, but not when the gathering constitutes a cross-generational family affair. Such is the case here, as … Read More