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From his early taped-speech pieces It’s Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966) to his and video artist Beryl Korot’s digital video opera Three Tales (2002), Steve Reich’s path has embraced not only aspects of Western Classical music, but the structures, harmonies, and rhythms of non-Western and American vernacular music, particularly jazz. Born in New York and raised there and in California, Mr. Reich graduated with honors in philosophy from Cornell University in 1957. For the next two years, he studied composition with Hall Overton, and from 1958 to 1961 he studied at The Juilliard School of Music with William Bergsma and Vincent Persichetti

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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2026

by Mark Sullivan
July 16, 2026

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montreal, Canada June 30-July 4, 2026 The 46th edition of the Festival presented over 350 shows, two-thirds of which were free. The festival organizing team highlighted performances by legendary jazz-funk band The Headhunters, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, St. Vincent Symphonique (a series of ...

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Vilnius Mama Jazz 2026

by Ian Patterson
June 11, 2026

Vilnius Mama Jazz Lithuanian National Drama Theatre25th Edition Vilnius. LithuaniaMay 22-24, 2026 Vilnius Mama Jazz turned 25. In festival terms that is early middle age. When you consider that 25 years is roughly a quarter of the entire history of jazz, the significance of the milestone assumes greater meaning.

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George Grella: The Time-Bending Art Of Minimalist Music

by Lawrence Peryer
June 7, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on music critic George Grella Jr. George Grella Jr. is one of the sharpest music critics working today. He's the music editor of The Brooklyn Rail and has written for The Wire, the New York Times, and The Tonearm. He just published Minimalist Music, part of Bloomsbury's ...

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Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe

Read "BaRcoDe" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 18, 2026

Il nuovo progetto di Ben Wendel vede il sassofonista canadese a capo di un quintetto senza la tradizionale sezione ritmica ma comprendente quattro acclamati vibrafonisti: Patricia Brennan, Simon Moullier, Joel Ross e Juan Diego Villalobos che ampliano lo spettro strumentale usando anche marimba, balafon, varie percussioni e dispositivi elettronici. L'organico è davvero inusuale ma ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet

by Dean Nardi
April 21, 2026

As Ian Dury might have sung had he played the clarinet, “Hit me with your licorice stick." (That is “rhythm stick" for those not fluent in punk rock.) From the intricacies of classical music to the smooth swing of jazz to Klezmer--the folk music of the Eastern European Jewish population--the instrument resonates throughout a good portion ...

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Big Ears 2026

by Mark Sullivan
April 9, 2026

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 26-29, 2026 Another year, another jam-packed festival lineup. The Spotlight presentations included SUSS Presents Across the Horizon, an ambient country experience; films and performances related to Ethiopia's musical legacy; and David Byrne's Who is the Sky? Polish pianist/composer Hania Rani offered an ambient concert and the ...

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Erik Hall: Multitracking The Minimalist Aesthetic

by Lawrence Peryer
March 7, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on musician and composer Erik Hall.Based in Michigan, Erik Hall has spent the last five years doing something that sounds simple but definitely is not: recording landmark works of contemporary classical music entirely on his own.Erik's 2020 solo reconstruction of Steve Reich's “Music for 18 Musicians" won ...

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Anaïs Drago: the Solo Violininst Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Soloist

by Neri Pollastri
July 4, 2025

Born in Biella in 1993, violinist, composer, improviser, and bandleader Anaïs Drago is one of the rising stars of Italian jazz. After winning the Italian magazine Musica Jazz poll as the best new talent in 2021 and dedicating significant time to solo performance, she has just released Relevé Live (Habitable Records, 2025), a trio album with ...

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Anaïs Drago, un violino solo che non vuole essere solista

by Neri Pollastri
June 30, 2025

Nata a Biella nel 1993, la violinista, compositrice, improvvisatrice e band leader Anaïs Drago è una delle figure emergenti del jazz italiano: dopo aver vinto il referendum di Musica Jazz come miglior nuovo talento nel 2021 ed essersi dedicata a lungo alla pratica del solo, ha appena pubblicato Relevé Live, un disco in trio con Federico ...