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    Jacob Bro performs at the Bergamo Jazz Festival on March 18.

    Live, News

    Apr 12, 2022 10:37 AM

    Italy’s Bergamo Fest Covers Multiple Streams of Expression

    The 43rd edition of the Bergamo Jazz Festival was a triumph for its artistic director, Maria Pia de Vito, one of the…

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    ​Newly inducted NEA Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke (left), Billy Hart and Donald Harrison Jr. at SFJAZZ Center on March 31.

    Live, News

    Apr 5, 2022 4:57 PM

    NEA Inducts 2022 Jazz Masters at SFJAZZ Center Tribute Concert

    The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) formally inducted its four new Jazz Masters on the eve of Jazz Appreciation…

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    Thurman was the first woman to tour and perform full time with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

    Interview, From the Magazine

    Apr 5, 2022 4:55 PM

    The Education of Camille Thurman

    Here’s a question: How many tenor saxophonists would feel comfortable stepping into John Coltrane’s shoes to…

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    Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3.

    News

    Apr 5, 2022 4:53 PM

    Jon Batiste Cleans Up at 64th Annual Grammy Awards

    Jon Batiste was the big winner at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, held April 3 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The…

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    The Polish electric bassist Kinga Głyk led a funk-jazz fusion band at Szczecin’s Filharmonia on March 18.

    Live

    Apr 5, 2022 1:40 PM

    Poland’s Szczecin Jazz Fest Doubles in Length, Extends International Reach

    Szczecin is a port city in the northwest of Poland, very close to the German border. In 2021, its annual jazz festival…

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    Fiedler and crew return for a second batch of rearranged, reharmonized Sesame Street tunes. From left: Michael Sarin, Sean Conly, Fiedler, Steven Bernstein and Jeff Lederer.

    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 5, 2022 1:29 PM

    Joe Fiedler Can Tell You How To Get to Sesame Street

    With Fuzzy And Blue — his second volume of Sesame Street songs following the 2019 release of Open Sesame —…

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    “In many ways, truth has been stranger than fiction, and that is what I have been feeling,” Gordon says.

    News, From the Magazine

    Mar 29, 2022 11:45 AM

    Jon Gordon: Strange Truths

    As a young boy living amid poverty and dysfunction in a home on Staten Island, Jon Gordon clung to the thought that the…

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    Helfer has long given children and adults lessons in the living room of his home.

    News

    Mar 29, 2022 11:38 AM

    Erwin Helfer Resurfaces with New CD, Instructional Book

    Blues, boogie, jazz and American roots pianist Erwin Helfer is the unlikely but grateful poster boy for survival of the…

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    The 2022 NEA Jazz Masters

    News

    Mar 29, 2022 11:15 AM

    2022 NEA Jazz Masters Share Stories in Online Conversation

    All four of this year’s NEA Jazz Masters honorees — Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison Jr., Billy Hart and Cassandra…

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    “I have to continue the conversation and shed light on the fact that Black women have always been undervalued, not protected and not cared for,” Charles says.

    News, From the Magazine

    Mar 29, 2022 11:09 AM

    Melanie Charles: Jazz Artist, Vocal Activist

    As a singer, flutist, beat-maker, remixer and conceptualist, Melanie Charles saturates Ya’ll Don’t (Really) Care…

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