Soaring Saxophones and American Gothic
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Gilberto Gil sands down old and new songs to the core with âLuminoso,â No Age provides twinkly charisma, and Joshua Redman makes the most agile record of his career.
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In almost any ensemble organized by the drummer Paul Motian, reality gets scrambled slightly, just enough to sharpen the senses.
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Prakash offers a pleasing youth-centric aural fare that traverses between the fast and the melodious.
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A growing number of contemporary musicians and techno enthusiasts have reignited interest in the Moog, which can synthesize any sound imaginable.
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Greatness hovers just outside âAmerican Gangster,â knocking, angling to be let in.
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If there was a star, it was a whole bloc within a band: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestraâs saxophone section, playing tightly harmonized passages.
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Composer Bharadwaj has come up with a foot-tapping album.
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Andy Beyâs voice is still an extraordinary instrument, capable of foggy depths, penetrating highs and a sort of mezzo-falsetto that stretches his supple baritone into the alto range.
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An eclectic array of collaborators has given new life to the lyrics a folk trailblazer left behind. A rare concert recording has surfaced too.
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At this yearâs Mardi Gras in New Orleans, some of the proud high school bands are back: a rare, heartening sign for the long-term vitality of the cityâs culture.
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Tweakers make a racket when they unveil electro-musical oddities at Brooklyn event.
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The groove swings from the get-go. A clinking pi ano evokes ice cubes in a highball glass. Blasts of muted brass seem to cut like a foghorn through the thick nicotine-and-nostalgia haze of a nightclub.
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Thereâs a lot going on under the surface of âFeel the Noise,â far more than its indefensibly generic title suggests.
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NEW YORK  &#151; A blaring ambulance siren and a mellow-toned cello: They hardly make perfect harmony.
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It is mood music conforming to the sentimental nature of the story that sets the album apart.
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%?%?&amp;¬the belfry would have been one thing, but Dracula had to contend with the playful ghost of David Belasco haunting his own Broadway house Aug. 19 when the bloodsucker swooped back to town, with the soaring music of Frank Wildhorn beneath his wings.
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Developers have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower &#151; and powered partly by the wind.