SHORT TAKES IAN MARCUS CORBIN Without Task or Purpose The real cause of America’s loneliness crisis American loneliness has, not for the first time, given birth to a bustling new industry....
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LAST WORD Somewhere Else Ian Marcus Corbin Work has me driving from Boston to New York more often than I would like, but it's a leafy drive on long, straight roads. On a recent trip I stopped for...
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A Jazz Mass? The Vexing Legacy of Mary Lou Williams Ian Marcus Corbin Last year marked the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Mary Lou Williams, the jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. There...
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At the age of eighty-eight, Dave Brubeck is one of America’s most celebrated jazz performers and composers. Best known for the 1959 Dave Brubeck Quartet record Time Out, Brubeck has produced a...
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