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Brass-Band Funeral: Jazz and Destructionnew
Katrina brought home what a lot of us tourists sensed implicitly for years: that the New Orleans cultural scene owes much of its vitality to a community that lives on the edge of subsistence, for which that culture isn’t merely "entertainment," but truly a matter of life and death.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
09-13-2005 |
Disasters
Where the Chords Have No Namesnew
Jon Garelick interviews guitarist Pat Metheny about his group's new magnum opus, The Way Up.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
03-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pat Metheny Group, The Way Up
A Beautiful Mindnew
Again, Malcolm Gladwell is able to cross one discipline after another, one subset of behavioral psychology after another.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
02-03-2005 |
Nonfiction
A Tale of Two Saintsnew
Boxed CD sets compile the works of two influential trailblazers who died young: jazz-saxophonist Albert Ayler and hipster comic Lenny Bruce.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-10-2004 |
Reviews
Lindbergh's America: Reading Philip Roth Post-11/2new
If reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America pre-Nov. 2 suggested a twisted parable about current events, then reading it after the elections is downright eerie.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
Dylan's Chronicles: Dropped Chords Just Don't Matternew
Dylan's new memoir carries one along on a tidal surge of storytelling, of memory and scenic detail.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
10-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
State of the Art: Illustrated Novels on 9/11, Iran and Sarajevonew
Art Spiegelman, who witnessed the World Trade Center attack firsthand, explores that tragedy in his graphic novel, In the Shadow of No Towers. Also reviewed are Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis 2, and Joe Sacco’s The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
09-02-2004 |
Fiction
A Trio Made in Heavennew
Capsule review of John Scofield Trio's "Enroute" album.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Enroute, John Scofield Trio
Talking About Elvin: 'Emperor Jones' and His Legacynew
In many respects, jazz drummer Elvin Jones was an equal partner in creating a new sound with Coltrane. It’s doubtful Coltrane could have produced masterworks like "A Love Supreme" without his continual dialogue with Elvin as inspiration.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
06-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cool Consolationnew
The author's insights float on a kind light irony that he creates by mixing a mastery of English prose sentences with lemon-twisted locutions that sound translated -- like pixilated Barthes.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
06-10-2004 |
Nonfiction
