critic
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“When he’s on,” the late critic Stanley Crouch wrote, he “seems immense, summoning the entire history of jazz, capable of blowing a hole through a wall.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But Rodriguez, who has endorsed Bass for mayor and is a frequent critic of Raman, said she was taken aback by Raman’s attitude at their dinner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
BBC's music critic described the record as a "genuine return to form" for the group, noting that they had "rekindled the fire" which fuelled their earlier triumphs.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Under these circumstances, the critic may well know the artist’s mind better than he does and explain his creation more clearly.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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