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Let’s Talk About Problems With The Jazz Solo Grammy

“The heroic stand-alone solo is an interesting lens for how jazz is popularly understood, but not necessarily how it is practiced. Jazz is about context and collaboration; it really is about bands. (For that reason, it’s a good thing that most of the solos in this year’s crop come from records made by working bands.) If the way you listen to jazz is to wait for the sustained passage of individual heroism, you may be missing a lot.”

Behind The Scenes, Using Instagram, At City Ballet

“Viewing the creation of The Most Incredible Thing on Mr. Peck’s and Mr. Dzama’s Instagram feeds offers a new way of engaging with dance and contemporary art. I began to wonder how much more they and the dancers are asked to account for themselves and their work in fixed forms. Documenting ballet has always been a tricky proposition. By translating dance into writings, interviews, recordings, and critical essays, you understand how ephemeral the medium is.”

The English National Opera’s Chorus Is Voting On A Strike

“‘We do feel the proposals put forward to us, although probably well meant, actually are going to destroy English National Opera once and for all,’ she said. The announcement of the ballot was made in appropriately dramatic fashion with the chorus singing Hail Poetry from The Pirates of Penzance at a press conference in central London.”

Settlement Reached In Fake Rothko Case, But Gallery Still In Court

“The case against Ms. Freedman, whose testimony had long been anticipated, is expected to be dismissed in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday, said Luke Nikas, a lawyer for Ms. Freedman. But the case against Knoedler, now entering its third week, would continue.”

Saudi Artists Are Pushing The Boundaries

“Conceptual art is new in Saudi Arabia — a visual language that is easily understood by a young generation steeped in Internet culture, but flies just as easily past Saudi censors. Gharem and his band of young artists push the boundaries of critical speech now, not with words but with images.”

Steering The National Theatre In A New Direction

“That requires what Power describes as ‘two types of gardening at the same time: planting really deep and at the same time growing stuff quickly. Not quicker than it needs, but being instantly responsive and finding a place in the repertoire as quickly as possible, so that artists and audiences understand what we stand for and what we want to be.'”

The Builder Who Shaped The Skylines Of LA, NY, Chicago And Detroit

“An heir to the company founded by his grandfather Julius in 1898, Mr. Tishman supervised the construction of three of the world’s earliest 100-story-plus skyscrapers: the John Hancock Center in Chicago, completed in 1970, and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, completed in 1973.”

How Do Rich People Make Their Libraries Great? They Call This Bookstore

“‘It’s not that we’re selling by the yard,’ said the store manager, Nicky Dunne. ‘But if they’re interested in a subject’ — 19th-century French topiary, Brutalist architecture, salmon husbandry or something more obscure — ‘and haven’t properly explored books on that subject, then they come to us.'”

It’s 2016, But There’s Still Another First For Women: Late-Night Comedy Show Host

Samantha Bee, whose show starts Monday night: “Canadians, in general, are pretty awestruck by the kinds of character studies you get to do during a US election cycle. It’s been true for any election cycle I’ve been a part of, for sure. It’s such a circus, and it goes on forever.”

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