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Quincy Jones’ gifts transcended jazz, but jazz was his first love.

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In Memoriam: Quincy Jones, 1933-2024

Quincy Delight Jones Jr., musician, bandleader, composer and producer, died in his home in Bel Air, California, on Sunday, Nov. 3. He was 91. No cause was given in a statement…





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Miguel Zenón

Música de Las Américas
(Miel)


Jon Irabagon
Rising Sun
(Irabbagast)


Brian Charette
Jackpot
(Cellar Live)


Harish Raghavan
In Tense
(Whirlwind)


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Jeff Lederer

“GUILTY”!!!
(Little (i) Music)


Immanuel Wilkins
Blues Blood
(Blue Note)


Ed Neumeister Quartet + 3
Covers
(MeisteroMusic Records)


Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
Quiet In A World Full Of Noise
(Merge Records)


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The candidate and his crew, from left, Kenny Barron, James Moody, Rudy Collins, Dizzy Gillespie, Chris White and Shelly Manne.

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The Candidate Meets the Press

Presidential Candidate John Birks Gillespie Views Affairs of State with Jaundiced­ — and Jolly — Eye

As the hustle on the hustings con­tinues up to election day, with Demo­crat and Republican decrying one another’s policies and impugning one another’s honor and worse, John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie plows his own polit­ical way in his race for the Presidency of the United States.

The 47-year-old trumpeter from Cheraw, North Carolina, is pursuing his political campaign, offering several solid planks: intelligence and humor about the whole…



Growing Up Monk



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