Chet Baker

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Hearts of glass

California cool at the Addison Gallery
In the photo it is night, and two women in cocktail dresses sit — perhaps chatting while jazz plays in the background — in a spare modern living room.
By GREG COOK | March 19, 2008

Shoulda-been

The Band’s Visit goes Oscar-less
Here’s another knock against the bonehead Foreign Language Oscar selections for 2007.
By GERALD PEARY | February 20, 2008

The long view

Bob Blumenthal’s history of jazz
Bob Blumenthal’s first book is out, and the wonder is that we didn’t get it sooner.
By JON GARELICK | January 29, 2008

Lost and found

Bruce Weber’s portrait of Chet Baker
Let’s Get Lost is getting a deserved second act, with a restored 35mm print screening at the Brattle Theatre January 25 through February 7.
By GERALD PEARY | January 22, 2008

In action

The ‘Jazz Icons’ DVDs
In the era of YouTube, we’re apt to forget that not every note of music ever played has been captured on film or video.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | November 26, 2007

I think I have the vapors

Dennis Brennan CD release bash, Lizard Lounge, May 19, 2007
Listen and learn, people.
By JON GARELICK | May 23, 2007

Sense in the sound

When it comes to singing (jazz and otherwise), it's about more than words
In Stephen Sondheim’s old formulation, opera is about music and musical theater is about words.
By JON GARELICK | September 20, 2006

Sax machines

Local luminaries Deric Dyer and Paul Ahlstrand
In our guitar-centric culture it’s easy to forget that the first rock-and-roll instrument was the saxophone. Deric Dyer, "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (mp3) Paul Ahlstrand, "Sunday Hang" (mp3)
By TED DROZDOWSKI | August 29, 2006

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