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Getting Hot With Los Hombres
A growing number of fans consider Los Hombres Calientes to be the hottest Latin jazz band touring today. However, in
another New Album
Los Hombres Calientes New Congo Square (Basin Street Records) On their third album, Irvin Mayfield and Bill Summers lead Los
'What this music is really about': An Interveiw with Max Roach
By MALIK B. ALI Crimson Staff Writer Call Max Roach Mr. Cutting Edge. In the 1940s and 50s, Roach catalyzed
Burning Down the House
REGGAE FANS KNOW THAT A BURNING SPEAR CONCERT is an opportunity to gain a little cracker-jack island wisdom from one
Encore! Encore!: Prof. Kelley's Latest
At Harvard, we are supposed to get a liberal education. For most of us, this means learning about the occasional
Jazz Culture: Marsalis Blows His Own Trumpet
As a performer, Wynton Marsalis won eight Grammy Awards for his jazz and classical trumpeting skills. As a composer of
Jazz Colussus Strides into Town
Captivation is the rule when Sonny Rollins, jazz's so-called "Saxophone Colossus," comes to town, and such were the expectations of
Marsalis Performs, Teaches Jazz
An enthusiastic audience was offered three sides of world famous musician Wynton Marsalis--lecturer, performer and educator--at "About Music," an event
Stifling Our Students' Minds
I find myself writing this piece because of my recent forays into the world of education. Last summer I taught
