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Jazz Week Catch the last weekend of “Jazz Week” and commemorate Duke Ellington??s birthday. Sax diva Grace Kelly will be playing at Borders in Back Bay. 511 Boylston St., Boston. Saturday, 7 p.m. Free! Rock On Do you like cheap concerts? The Casual Fiasco and The Brew are playing at Best of Boston’s Paradise Rock Club and Lounge. Rock on. 967-969 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Friday. $10 Jazz it Up! Give your ears a rest after Third Eye Blind with jazz-latin fusion vocalist Marta Gomez at the nearby...
...sought to encapsulate the entirety of human history in a 13-piece suite arranged for big band. With his latest release, “African Tarantella: Dances with Duke,” Harris makes a musical argument for the permanence of great art, reimagining two of Duke Ellington??s lesser-known late suites and performing an extended composition...
...exception to the forgettable latter portion of the Ellington suites comes with a pared-down trio version of “The Single Petal of a Rose.” On this, one of Ellington??s most beautiful compositions, Harris delicately draws out the richness of his instrument above warmly bowed bass and cello. His gentle touch proves beyond any doubt his astounding abilities as an instrumentalist. On Harris’s own “Gardner Meditations” suite, the group attempts a return to their early form, but never quite gets there: a few moments...
...ideas, even if imperfectly executed, are good. Freeing wonderful music from relative obscurity is certainly an admirable goal—none of the pieces recorded here rank among Ellington??s best-known works, and they certainly deserve wider exposure. But good intentions don’t always make the best music. The philosophizing, orchestrating, and conducting aren’t enough to sink this album, but they’re plenty reason to make a listener wish that Stefon Harris would stick to what he does best: playing the vibes...
...stay as the 2006 Jazz Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University on Wednesday. While on campus, he will teach, rehearse, and perform with student musicians.The residency will culminate with a concert tomorrow featuring the Monday Jazz Band and the Kuumba Singers. The musicians will perform selections from Duke Ellington??s “Concert of Sacred Music.” The work has never been performed at Harvard.Harvard University Band Director Thomas G. Everett, one of the key organizers of the residency, said, “Hendricks has been on our list of major artists for about five...