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    Johnathan Blake takes musical cues from his late father, John Blake Jr., a violinist who performed with McCoy Tyner and Archie Shepp.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 7, 2019 9:00 AM

    Johnathan Blake Always Has Been ‘Focused on Rhythm’

    It’s a biting-cold January day in Manhattan.

    The wind howls around corners and between the buildings with…

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    Janning Trumann 6 performs at jazzahead!, a festival and trade fair in Bremen, Germany, which ran April 25-28.

    Live, News

    May 6, 2019 9:00 AM

    Working Toward Global Unity at jazzahead!

    On a train traveling from Hamburg to Bremen, Germany, a Scott Joplin rag tumbles out of a passenger’s mobile phone,…

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    For Wynton Marsalis, developing a strategy to translate mythology into music for the film Bolden required some self-analysis, if not soul-searching.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 3, 2019 9:00 AM

    The Resurrection of Buddy Bolden

    Shrouded in mystery, Buddy Bolden’s life has proved more than a match for most of its would-be chroniclers.…

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    Vocalist Lizz Wright performs April 30 at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in Australia.

    Live, News

    May 2, 2019 9:00 AM

    In Melbourne and Sydney, International Jazz Day Explores Cultural Exchange

    Acknowledgments of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were peppered throughout the…

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    Bassist Linda May Han Oh earned honors in two categories in the 24th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.

    May 1, 2019 10:56 AM

    Linda May Han Oh, Ahmad Jamal, DownBeat Recognized by Jazz Journalists Association

    Bassist Linda May Han Oh, pianist Ahmad Jamal and DownBeat magazine are among the honorees of the 24th annual Jazz…

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    For Move On: A Sondheim Adventure, vocalist Cyrille Aimée selected a bevy of Stephen Sondheim compositions she felt resonated with her own experiences.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 1, 2019 9:00 AM

    Cyrille Aimée’s Rekindled Energy

    As she sat in a rocking chair sipping tea on the front porch of her New Orleans apartment on a recent rainy morning,…

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    Jane Monheit performs April 30 in Melbourne, Australia, during International Jazz Day.

    News

    Apr 30, 2019 10:38 AM

    Stream the Jazz Day Concert in Melbourne

    The seventh annual International Jazz Day is set to host the All-Star Global Concert at the Melbourne Arts Centre’s…

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    Tom Rainey performs at the 2016 unerhört! Festival in Zürich, Switzerland.

    News

    Apr 30, 2019 9:00 AM

    Drummer Tom Rainey is the Opposite of Discombobulated

    Drummer and bandleader Tom Rainey isn’t stuck. He’s not jaded and doesn’t come across like he’s taking himself…

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    Ravi Coltrane (left), Drew Gress, Ralph Alessi and Mark Ferber perform Jan. 11 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York.

    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 29, 2019 3:10 PM

    Ralph Alessi Reconvenes Ensemble for ‘Imaginary Friends’

    Trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s third album for ECM, the post-bop, neoclassical, subtly disjunctive Imaginary Friends,…

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    Dave Samuels (1948–2019)

    Apr 29, 2019 2:30 PM

    Remembering Dave Samuels

    Dave Samuels, a master mallet player whose primary instruments were vibraphone and marimba, died on April 22 in New…

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