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1999 Stories by Andrew Bartlett

• Pucho power

  published August 11, 1999

  WITH THE ONSET of swingmania for the 1990s and then Cubamania for the turn of the millennium, logic would dictate that Latin bands of... More >>

• Zorn of plenty

  published June 23, 1999

  Maybe it was John Zorn's post-punk take on the hipster role, his unmistakably deep knowledge of virtually all 20th-century music. Or... More >>

• Getting the Willies

  published June 16, 1999

  From the moment Bill Frisell walks on stage, it's clear that he's of a mind that has multiple things ambling through it, and he... More >>

• Bach for more

  published May 26, 1999

  It's happened every summer since 1970, when the Oregon Bach Festival had the far more organic and modest moniker of the Summer Festival... More >>

• Wanted: home for free music

  published May 19, 1999

  It's easy—and important—to lament what Seattle's Teen Dance Ordinance is doing to scores of nightclubs. And it's even easier... More >>

• Drive time

  published April 21, 1999

  Maybe it's the tight instrumental ham- mering, or maybe it's the power-trio format. Or maybe it's the name. But something about Trans Am... More >>

• Hard Drive's Night

  published April 14, 1999

  In opera, size matters. Think of Wagner's Ring cycle, or Jessye Norman's mammoth vocal prowess. And now, with Philip Glass and... More >>

• Three-Part Harmony

  published March 24, 1999

  IT'S USUALLY FALL when Seattle gets its rush of national jazz acts coming through town night after night during the Earshot Jazz... More >>

• Tones United

  published February 24, 1999

  Although it's barely two years old, the Tonehole Festival seems all grown up—presenting far-ranging music in well-organized... More >>

• Flexible Flyer

  published January 27, 1999

  Amid the neglect and copious disagreement over the value of jazz's avant-garde developments in the 1960s, one thing is sadly certain:... More >>