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Lucier changed the way we think about sound through monumental works like I Am Sitting in a Room and Music on a Long Thin Wire.
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Stephen Sondheim has died at 91. Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes looks back on her favorite Sondheim tunes.
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Cal Tjader saluted, Pepper Adams reinterpreted and a band parades through the Lower East Side.
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Plus rumbling of orchestral trouble in Jacksonville, dogs and their music-loving friends and much more: From across the classical internet this week, all the news that's fit to link.
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A blazingly talented young Russian pianist and prizewinner records the concerto that's become his calling card.
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The jazz trio returns to covering classic rock, folk and pop tunes on its latest album, Where Do You Start. Fresh Air critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the band's take on Elvis Costello, Nick Drake, Sonny Rollins and more.
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With a sweetly ferocious style, the alto saxophonist bridged the post-bop of the 1950s and '60s to the jazz fusion of the '70s and beyond. For the anniversary of his birth, hear some of the recordings which made him jazz royalty.
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Adele's pianist, women in the avant-garde, Indiana jazz history and the 50 greatest saxophonists.
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A surprise address in Texas, two lockouts, an announcement in Washington, D.C. and lots more: from this week, all the classical news that's fit to link.
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From across the classical internet, all the week's news that's fit to link.
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A Nat Adderley melody, its economical brilliance and what it means to have the blues.
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The Brazilian singer's two new albums of cover songs explore her love of both jazz and bossa nova.