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...much of the 1990s, the former industrial area of Zurich-West was deserted, the factories that once produced turbines and steamboats standing eerily silent. Then, in 2000, Schiffbau?a 19th century shipbuilding plant?was gutted to make way for a restaurant, jazz club and cluster of theaters. Today, nearly all of the area's brick-clad buildings have been repurposed as bars, shops and galleries, flanked by chic loft apartments. It's a transformation that's helping to turn Switzerland's largest city from a buttoned-up financial capital into something approaching a fashionable metropolis...
...first hour of their evening rehearsal together, the Harvard Monday Jazz Band and Kuumba Singers sat on the stage of Sanders Theater in complete silence. They were listening to a musician who is a symbol of American jazz.Legendary jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks began a four-day 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?...
...much of the 1990s, the former industrial area of Zurich-West was deserted, the factories that once produced turbines and steamboats standing eerily silent. Then, in 2000, Schiffbau - a 19th century shipbuilding plant - was gutted to make way for a restaurant, jazz club and cluster of theaters. Today, nearly all of the area's brick-clad buildings have been repurposed as bars, shops and galleries, flanked by chic loft apartments. It's a transformation that's helping to turn Switzerland's largest city from a buttoned-up financial capital into something approaching a fashionable metropolis. In the past few years...
...while Pineda describes Ballet Folklórico in Los Angeles as something that was “taken up similarly to jazz or hip hop elsewhere,” her realization that she wanted to be a performer rather than spectator occurred upon coming to Harvard...
...entering a borderline-psychotic rap by L.A. emcee Busdriver. Musical cameos aside, the instrumentation is by far the album’s most stunning virtue. The rhythm section locks tightly into the groove of each song, demonstrating the type of communication you’d expect from a polished jazz combo. As a result, rhythm becomes a dramatic device, one that clearly delineates the border between honest and sarcastic lyrics. Nowhere is this more true than on “Rough Gem.” The first two verses employ the metaphor of diamond mining to illustrate the the dogged...