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I tend to view Frank Zappa’s life and music through the prism of two, related themes – the desire to defy categorization and the pleasure of punctuating pretensions.
Their confluence in one remarkably gifted musician, I believe, goes...
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Bay Area jazz fans have an extraordinarily busy week ahead, as some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz are set to gang up on us.First up is Branford Marsalis, a brilliant saxophonist who's played a major...
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Ever endeavored to explicate what salt tastes like to someone that’s never tried it? “Uh, it tastes like – salt. No wait – it tastes like, umm – oh, never mind.” See what I mean? Just...
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