Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time in a while, Harvard can lay claim to the top jazz name in Boston this week. It's Anthony Braxton--and he is appearing in Adams House, of all places, at 2 p.m. today. Braxton comes into town as part of the Art offices program for the arts at Harvard, and his audience is limited to some previously invited students and a few observers...
Gato has matured, to borrow from some of Nat Hentoff's album lining prose, and his stuff has gotten more vibrant, if less free in form over the years. He has, however, traded in the top jazz back-up men for some players who would do better accompanying Bruce Springsteen. Now Gato's in town, but before you go down to Paul's Mall to see him, consider this: the last time he was in Boston he played nothing but jazz/rock including cuts from his "Alive" album, which he recorded one week after his appearance here...
...overlook Charlie Byrd if you are in the market for some jazz guitar this weekend. He's at Sandy's Jazz Revival in Beverly through Saturday...
...legacy of John Coltrane returns to the Jazz Workshop this week in the form of jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. The romantic Tyner is capable of tremendous staccato outbursts, especially after he is warmed up (probably around the third of three shows each night). He'll be in town until Sunday at the Jazz Workshop on 733 Boylston...
Meanwhile over at Sandy's jazz revival in Beverly, will be Buddy De Franco and his quintet. De Franco is an inventive clarinetist...