Word: jazz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boston jazz lovers who think they have to take the Metroliner to New York to hear good music, Wally's is the answer. In fact, with little else to offer, this South End goes to show that a little good jazz can go a long...
...good news: the music is very impressive. Wally's serves up different fare throughout the week: Monday is Blues Night, Tuesday and Wednesday have fusion jazz, Thursday latin jazz, and the weekend offers straight-ahead jazz. Eager musicians--most of whom are Berklee College students--overcome the adversity of the ambience with inspired performances. The sight and sound of a saxophonist riffing the roof off is often enough to make patrons forget about the guy with bad breath breathing in their ear. Now for more good news: Wally's plans to expand into the space next door before...
Wally himself, who opened the bar over 50 years ago, passed away only a few months ago. The legacy he left to the Boston jazz scene cannot be underestimated and, as he listens to Armstrong and Gillespie in Heaven, he can be certain that his time on earth was well spent...
...into the Yard and take off all of your clothes and scream "What Makes Black Music Black?!" To avoid this sort of embarrassing situation, the Cambridge Multicultural Arts and Dialogues on Race Series is endeavoring to answer the question with a series of more subdued events. A jazz concert featuring Don Braden, Cercie Miller, Dominique Eade, Ron Mahdi, Tim Ray and Ron Savage kicks off the program, followed by a reception showcasing the paintings of Robert Freeman and the photographs of David Herwaldt. The event culminates in a panel and community dialogue focused on responding to the central question. Concert...
...merely the composer of The Threepenny Opera, Weill in his short life produced a large body of music that fuses opera, jazz, musical theater and cabaret. Through Dec. 3, New York City's Museum of Television & Radio is screening a cornucopia of performance tapes, including rarely seen made-for-TV versions of his ballet-opera hybrid The Seven Deadly Sins, his Broadway musical Lady in the Dark and his American folk opera Down in the Valley. A TV bio, interviews and an eye-popping array of musical clips complete a rich portrait of a unique artist...