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Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound
And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll
"...Jazz: Church on Monday..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 National Albums of 2016
Our favorite picks from across the country
"...10) Black Tusk, Pillars of Ash (Relapse) Jay Trachtenberg (Jazz)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Drank the Lemonade
As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?
"...8) Los Jazz Vatos, El Jefe (Lounge Side)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fences
Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play
"...And then there’s elder brother Lyons (Hornsby), an aspiring jazz musician who mostly drops by the family home to..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Chefs Share Their Holiday Traditions
Try something completely different this year
"..."Leave it to New Orleans to jazz up Christ­mas Eve into something even more festive and..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016
Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year
"...The Brass House, a Downtown jazz and blues venue, closed in October after nearly three..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

TripTrio
"...Blues" lets her steady alto cut loose, swinging amidst jazz-lilted guitar and filling in the gaps of low-key compositions...."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Swingle All the Way!
Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland
"...to the Long Center direct from the classic NYC jazz club, where it's played for six seasons...."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

La La Land
This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar
"...process, is one of these hopefuls, as is unemployed jazz pianist/purist Seb (Gosling), who wants to open his own..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta
(Numero Group)
"...with new bands crisscrossing rock & roll and Afro-Cuban jazz, including Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

How La La Land Went From Pipe Dream to Musical Fireworks
Producers on creating a city of stars
"...his Oscar-nominated feature. His boy-meets-girl story of a daydreaming jazz musician (Gosling) and a struggling actress (Stone) trying to..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dear Glutton: Where to Escape Christmas
Hide out for the holidays
"...from the sound of typing, a quiet murmur of jazz, probably some Mingus, or a little whispery Thelonious Monk...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Day of the Dead
(4AD)
"...alt masterpiece No Alternative). Senegalese fusion outfit Orchestra Baobab, jazz banjoist Béla Fleck, and electronic noise wiz Tim Hecker..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

DVDanger: If There's a Hell Below
Director Nathan Williams on his post-Snowden thriller
"...have. Don't write a symphony when you have a jazz quartet...."

Dec. 10, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Mother Falcon’s Major Label Deal That Wasn’t
Mother Falcon signs to Universal and seconds later terminates the contract
"...they're not even a label. They merged with a jazz label [Verve]. It was just the nature of the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
"...Afrofuturism, a fascination with ancient Egypt, and intergalactic space jazz, all pillars in the amazing career of pianist, composer,..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Play It Loud
Play It Loud: The Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
"...and dispels myths along the way. Lesser-known stories include jazz giant Charlie Christian's championing of the instrument just when..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Michael Toland

In Memoriam: Linalice Carey
Pioneer of Austin independent theatre passes at age 95
"...the early Eighties) to Sunday afternoon jam sessions for jazz musicians led by the great bassist Gene Ramey. In..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Song About Himself
Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama
"...and worked hard to gain entrance (learning to play jazz on a clarinet to meet its password requirement) in..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Sound on Sound Review: Thundercat
South Los Angeles Renaissance jazz oddity cuts loose
"...and keyboards ventured through be-bop improvisation, hip-hop cool, runaway acid-jazz excursions, and space-funk electricity. While he boasts an impressive..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday SOS Picks
Two sleepers and a headliner worthy of spotlighting at SOS Friday
"...heavy-lidded melodies and feather falsetto take you through watercolor jazz streams, rapid-fire funk vamps, and bebop improvisations. 2011 debut..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Tapestry Dance’s One Step at a Time
The rhythm tap company’s production offers not just wonderful dance but perhaps the most necessary commentary of this electoral season
"...feet sounding out percussive clicks part Irish folk, part jazz, we sense the presence of both sides of her..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Why I Left Austin
Alejandro Escovedo's first-person account of leaving Austin last year after 35 years
"...had Buick MacKane there. I'd gotten to play with jazz musicians and blues musicians, and meet some of the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Austin Musician Union Overthrown
Local 433 hangs in the balance, a new hit for Fastball, and End of an Ear begins its new lease on life
"...the club owners are taking advantage of pop and jazz musicians. They're not paying them anything because they don't..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Fest Part II
ACL Fest isn't a pair of weekend-long sit-ins, it's one two-week-long campaign
"...The Brass House, a venue and restaurant dedicated to jazz and blues, closed permanently on Saturday. In a Facebook..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: Willie Nelson
Abbott’s 83-years-young son sanctifies all
"...at the bottom end. Willie Nelson (clean shaven!) will jazz phrase all over the place as only he can,..."

Oct. 10, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

ACL Review: Kendrick Lamar II
Repeat performance varies little in set-list or sheer force
"...Aware that the headier moments of jazz experimentation throughout this spring’s Untitled Unmastered and To Pimp..."

Oct. 9, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Review: Anderson Paak
Hip-hop/R&B fusionist takes an ATX victory lap
"...drums, Paak played ringleader, reigning in flourishes of watercolor jazz exploration, ecstatic James Brown soul, and boom-bap expanses favored..."

Oct. 9, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Review: Radiohead II
Fear and loathing for a second weekend
"...six-song encore spanned over half an hour, pulling the Latin-jazz rhythms of “Present Tense” into “Reckoner.” Yorke’s voice began..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Review: Flying Lotus
Dense tapestries of experimental jazz and down-tempo hip-hop

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

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