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The Best Jazz of 2007
In spite of the perception of jazz as an increasingly niche market, the year's best show a style of music that remains ever youthful in its exploration of new territories, expanding its diversity and range of expression.
Will Layman
10 Dec 2007
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Terence Blanchard: A Tale of Gods Will
The New Orleans trumpeter's lyrical meditation on disaster.
14 Aug 2007
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Time Encapsulating: The Best DVDs of 2006
From solid single issues to amazingly complete film and television compilations, the works highlighted here argue for DVD's continued importance.
10 Jan 2007
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
When the Levees Broke, elegant and anguished, encourages you to see, and more importantly, to care about and act on what you see. It is political in the most significant sense, and won't let you forget it.
20 Aug 2006
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Terence Blanchard: Flow
Another former 'Young Lion' on trumpet nods toward Bitches Brew in his middle age. But the sound is as much Metheny as it is Miles, despite Herbie Hancock being the producer. Through it all, however, Blanchard plays singingly.
Will Layman
02 Jun 2005
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