Leave Me Alone is a new jazz opera by writer and social commentator Harvey Pekar and saxophonist and composer Dan Plonsey about the future of cutting-edge music and marital discord.

Leave Me Alone is a new jazz opera by writer and social commentator Harvey Pekar and saxophonist and composer Dan Plonsey about the future of cutting-edge music and marital discord.

In his new book,Food Matters, Mark Bittman writes about the environmental impact of industrial farming— and how individuals can make a difference by cutting down on the amount of animal products they consume.

A teacher of French in a Parisian high school works to supervise, educate, and inspire his students in the French docudrama"The Class."

Traore isn't the first African singer to take on an American jazz standard, but her version of George and Ira Gershwin's"The Man I Love" sets a new standard. Channeling Billie Holiday without losing herself, Traore delivers a deeply satisfying read, subtly infused with African-ness as a lute converses with her electric guitar throughout.

The conductor says that his goal is for more people to appreciate and recognize classical music for its complexity, organization and beauty.

Picking up the pieces of his past, a poet searches for the son he was forced to abandon during World War II. This newly republished classic of postwar fiction evokes the period's suffering and sacrifices.

He grew up with John Coltrane, gigged with Art Blakey and shared the silver screen with Tom Hanks. Now, on the eve of 80, illustrious saxophonist and jazz composer Benny Golson is re-creating his greatest ensemble: the six-person Jazztet.

The Bloomsbury novelist was a Serious Writer, and as English Lit students know, her brooding ways didn't end well. But her only play,Freshwater, reflects a bright sense of humor. It's getting a New York production at last.