The New York Times – Music:
He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.
Category: Musical Instruments
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Patrick Gleeson, Who Made Synthesizers Part of Jazz, Dies at 91
The New York Times – Music:
He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.
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Ellis Ludwig-Leone’s ‘Quiet Hours’ Highlights the Home Piano
The New York Times – Music:
Ellis Ludwig-Leone composed an album of nocturnes, each for a pianist friend to play on a home piano — or a piano that feels like home.
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Domi and JD Beck Return With ‘Who Asked?’
The New York Times – Music:
With their second album, “Who Asked?,” the virtuoso jazz-and-beyond duo Domi and JD Beck re-emerges with ever more intricate songs.
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What Happens if Pernambuco Wood Becomes Illegal in Music?
The New York Times – Music:
For centuries, the standard wood used to make string instruments’ bows has come from the pernambuco tree in Brazil. Its future is uncertain.
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Father Dionysios Tabakis’s Drone Metal Debut
The New York Times – Music:
Father Dionysios Tabakis has never played a live concert, but after his first album became a word-of-mouth hit, he’ll be performing at a U.S. festival this summer.
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Met Museum’s ‘Musical Bodies’ Blurs Humans and Instruments
The New York Times – Music:
“Musical Bodies,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, revels in the blurry boundaries between humans and instruments.
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‘La La Land’ Orchestral Performance Saved by Keyboardist in the Audience
The New York Times – Music:
After a musician fell ill during a live performance of the score from ‘La La Land,’ the composer Justin Hurwitz asked for a sight reader. A 21-year-old student stepped up.
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The Miles Davis Look: His Sunglasses, Trumpet, Hair and More
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Fast cars, huge shades and, surprisingly, any old trumpet: These are the things that made Miles Miles.