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...just remember such a sense of relief, and of being a human being, when everything was shut off.' RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, musician, recalling the 2003 New York City power outage and explaining why he's encouraging the city's residents to boycott electricity on June 21 for what he calls a "blackout Sabbath...
Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock learned a salsa dance step, played the dundun drum from Mali, and participated in an intertribal Indian social dance as Artist of the Year at the 23rd annual “Cultural Rhythms” show in Sanders Theater on Saturday. The day-long event, presented by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, is a yearly celebration of diversity at Harvard that includes two shows and a food festival. The event stars a range of Harvard’s multicultural performance groups, showcasing songs, dances, and musical instruments from around the world...
When Liu Yuan started playing the sax, jazz was still seen as bourgeois and chord charts were hard to come by. Raised by folk-musician parents, he performed with Cui Jian, the father of Chinese rock, before dedicating himself--under the influences of John Coltrane and Miles Davis--to jazz. Now Liu's East Shore is the most promising venue in Beijing's budding jazz scene. Located on the banks of Lake Houhai, East Shore is a refuge from the trinket sellers and gaudy bars along the crowded shore. Its large windows give clear views over the water, and leather...
...This song was written from the perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are.' MARKETA IRGLOVA, musician, after winning an Academy Award for the song Falling Slowly from the movie Once. Host Jon Stewart brought her back onstage after the orchestra accidentally cut off her words following co-songwriter Glen Hansard's acceptance speech...
...Boston Pops, and the bands of Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, and Tommy Dorsey. But the lure of teaching brought the Grammy-nominated conductor to Harvard in 1971 to serve as director of the University band. “Teaching allowed me to balance my career as a professional musician with my love for sharing knowledge with others,” Everett said. Everett quickly increased the presence of jazz music on campus, founding and directing undergraduate jazz bands at Harvard and Radcliffe during his first year on campus. “He’s an amazing guy. We?...