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Like any other Harvard applicant, I was well rounded—or insanely overscheduled—but jazz was a core component of my identity. I was in love with its lore, its improvisatory spirit, and I diligently practiced tenor sax an hour each day. I didn’t apply to conservatories, but my college list was limited to those that boasted strong jazz programs. I listened to the stuff almost exclusively until I was 17, and my application’s personal statement was 500 words of gushed, schmaltzier-than-Kenny G prose—I think...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky read six of his poems at the Harvard Advocate on Friday, accompanied by New England Conservatory senior Andrew Urbina on alto sax and by NEC professor “Rakalam” Bob Moses on percussion. The sounds of Urbina’s alto sax and Moses’ percussion were interspersed with Pinsky’s poetry. At times, the poet danced a little to the music as he read, and at other times, he remained silent for minutes as Moses and Urbina performed. “It’s all about...
...dark and eight-minute long opener “Outlaw Pete,” a harrowing western tale about a man unable to escape his past. While their presence is well felt, one thing noticeably absent is Clarence “Big Man” Clemens, whose sax can only be heard at the end of the track “This Life.” This appearance disappoints and fails to even come within striking distance of previous work like that on “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.” On Springsteen’s softer songs...
...with the piano, so did 'Fathead' with the tenor sax, on some of the greatest records ever," Joe Cocker, a British rock and blues musician Newman once recorded with, says...
...throws a party like a couple of cats with a sax, or at least so the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival musicians seem to prove. The eighth annual jazz festival, which kicked off this Thursday night, features internationally renowned artists, an eclectic, vibrant crowd, and an array of food from around the world. It’s a party that 70,000 people were projected to attend, some for the jazz, some for the revelry. “It started out as a small block party,” Berklee publicist Nick Balkin said. “Now it?...