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April 28, 2017 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Talk

Drama Theatre, April 7 (until May 20) 5/10 Imagine finishing a play partially about truth in the media just as the Trump regime begins unleashing its deluge of lies. Jonathan Biggins must have wondered whether to laugh or cry. As timely as his premise and its implicit questions are, the…

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April 23, 2017 / Album Reviews - Archive

Daniel Weltlinger album

SAMOREAU (Rectify Records) 8.5/10 This album is often so swollen with beauty it is like time-lapse photography of tulips blooming. The final instalment of Daniel Weltlinger’s trilogy paying homage to Django Reinhardt, it consists of Weltlinger’s own compositions – from lilting waltzes to surging swing – played with a band…

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April 19, 2017 / Features - Archive

PAUL MOTIAN – CONCEPTION VESSEL

1 LOSS OF A MASTER At the time of his death in late November Paul Motian was arguably the most important figure in jazz. The art form, which had been through so many evolutions over the preceding century, had largely painted itself into a corner. For all the apparent diversity…

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