Jazz – Page 61

Jazz’s Year of Reckoning With Tradition

As the genre experiences a creative renaissance, has it become quietly radical to re-embrace the past?

Gillespie, Dizzy Jazz Latin Music O'Farrill, Arturo O'Farrill, Chico Pozo, Chano Town Hall (Manhattan, NY)

75 Years Ago, Latin Jazz Was Born. Its Offspring Are Going Strong.

A concert at Town Hall this week that will be led by Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrates the legacies of Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Chico O’Farrill.

By Ed Morales

Art Deaths (Obituaries) Jazz Movies New York City Photography Snow, Michael Toronto (Ontario) Wavelength (Movie)

Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94

He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.”

By J. Hoberman

Jazz KeiyaA (Singer) Mitchell, Nicole (1967- ) Music Richard, Dawn (1983- ) Sun Ra (1914-93) Sun Ra Arkestra Szwed, John F

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra

Questlove, Dawn Richard and a range of other musicians, writers and critics share their favorites from the experimental pianist, organist and bandleader’s wide-ranging catalog.

By Marcus J. Moore