Daniel Rotem News Today

The Salem multi-instrumentalist has a new album out, a gorgeous collection of nine pristine and often surprising original pieces. He plays the Lizard Lounge on Friday, Dec. 15, with his new Boston-based trio.

I just made it to the last hour of the last day of a show I had been meaning to see, Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961): Poetry is Everything at the Morgan Library. Friends recommended it, knowing of my interest in ekphrasis: the interpretation of one art form via another, as in a poem written about a painting.

Vocal supergroup säje have arrived with their highly anticipated debut album, bringing the extraordinary ensemble even further into the international spotlight.

The 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer joined the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in 2012.