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November 30, 2010

See Hear! Erroll Garner and Bill Evans - Two Views of a Trio

November 30, 2010/ Brad Jones

Once they had established a repertoire and following, jazz pianists could tour as single artists, adding bassists and drummers from venue to venue. Brad Jones explores the styles of two of the greatest.

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October 31, 2010

See Hear!: Quincy and the Count

October 31, 2010/ Brad Jones

A bandleader must be a tireless multitasker who can unite a large group of musicians while satisfying the egos of soloists; two of the greatest are featured here

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August 31, 2010

Eggs Scrambled Differently: A Look at Wayne Shorter

August 31, 2010/ Brad Jones

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter's performances - improvisational, pointed, unpredictably brilliant - were the stuff of legend, and some pivotal examples were caught on film.

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June 30, 2009

Glory at Half Price

June 30, 2009/ Brad Jones

Larry Tye has written a book about the greatest, longest baseball career to date; Brad Jones benches the Babe and tallies up Satchel.

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June 30, 2009/ Brad Jones/
Fiction, Literary Criticism, Arts & Life
Book Review, brad jones, fiction, July 2009, literary criticism
April 30, 2009

The Last Train for the Coast

April 30, 2009/ Brad Jones

The advent of the CD threw the retail music business into a disarray from which it hasn’t recovered. Brad Jones, a veteran of that disarray, reads Steve Knopper’s account of the industry’s Appetite for Self-Destruction.

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Arts & Life
arts and life, brad jones, May 2009, music
March 31, 2009

Planned Rampage

March 31, 2009/ Brad Jones

Novelists, playwrights, and filmmakers have begun weaving the Columbine shootings into their fiction. Reviewing Dave Cullen’s Columbine, Brad Jones concentrates on the sad facts alone.

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Politics & History
April 2009, brad jones, history
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