Although technical proficiency and filigreed improvisations often catch the attention of the average jazz fan, those in the know will insist that you can't really evaluate the mettle of a jazz ...
NEW YORK — Jonathan Larson, the cheerily boyish composer of the musical “Rent,” died in 1996 at the age of 35. “The Jonathan Larson Project,” the new off-Broadway collection of his unheard songs, is a ...