The NY Times reports the death of Jean-Philippe Allard, founder of the jazz division at PolyGram France (now Universal). Allard revived the careers of two generations of sidelined jazz artists, having first failed at a […]
Delighted to see a piece of original research by conductor-scholar (and exNYT critic) Will Crutchfield published in this weekend’s NY Times. Historians try to be precise, so it is awkward to admit that I can’t […]
Here’s another sensational French string quartet that I’ve recently discovered, which instantly joins two of my other favorite French string quartets at or near the top of the list – Quatuor Hanson and Quatuor Diotima. Although […]