John Adams talks jazz: a Q&A

On the eve of his Saxophone Concerto's West Coast premiere, composer John Adams talks about his lifelong love of jazz, from Duke Ellington to Miles Davis, Paul Desmond and Eric Dolphy. We sat down with Adams at a restaurant near his home in Berkeley and got the whole story, plus a report on his latest projects, which include a 40-minute Symphony for Violin and Orchestra, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. Meanwhile, Saturday at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, ...

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