The final night of the Jazz Festival was a disappointing end to a great festival for me. For instance, I expected a lot from Donny McCaslin’s set at Xerox Auditorium. McCaslin is a fine saxophone player, and his recent involvement in David Bowie’s final album has given him new visibility. But if tonight’s show is […]
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Jazz Fest 2015, Day 2: Ron reviews Joey Alexander, Benny Green Trio, and Andrew McCormack Quartet
I entered Hatch Hall — where keyboard wunderkind Joey Alexander was about to play — with a lot of questions. Can a young Indonesian boy really know the American idiom of jazz? Can any 11-year-old, without significant life experience, know the meaning of what he’s playing? And could reincarnation be real; could it be that […]
