If you read From Key to Ear, you know what happens in the piano when Yoko strikes a key. Have you wondered what happens when a piano hammer strikes a string? Three factors affect how the strings (also called piano wire) associated with a particular key produce the note, and a series of balances and…
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Episode eight of Ken Burns’s series JAZZ focuses on Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. It’s great as a telling of their careers and a snapshot of the be-bop era, but as an installment in the history of jazz its focus on two artists makes it fairly narrow. Charlie Parker led a troubled life, his music…
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We seem to be over the worst of this heat wave, but it’s a hot summer all around. Stay cool at Yoko’s shows. At Les Zygomates, you can cool off with oysters or scallop ceviche from the raw bar, or with a classic French salad of goat cheese, beets and walnuts on greens. Or, order…
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