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    ​Pianist ELEW and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel worked together on the solo piano album Cubism.

    News, From the Magazine

    Oct 22, 2019 9:00 AM

    ELEW Interprets Kurt Rosenwinkel on ‘Cubism’

    In 2005, Eric Lewis dropped off the straightahead jazz scene to reinvent himself. Adopting the moniker ELEW and…

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    Wayne Shorter (shown here in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes) won three categories in the 2019 DownBeat Readers Poll: Jazz Artist, Jazz Album (for Emanon) and Soprano Saxophone.

    News

    Oct 21, 2019 5:36 PM

    Shorter, Salvant and Benson Among DownBeat Readers Poll Winners

    DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 84th Annual Readers Poll.

    Wayne Shorter is a huge winner in…

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    Miguel Zenón steered past his most recent release, a lovely tribute to the work of Ismael Rivera, and headed right into muscular post-bop territory during the Angrajazz festival, which ran Oct 3-5 on Terceira Island in the Azores.

    Live, News

    Oct 21, 2019 11:21 AM

    With Smart Bookings, Angrajazz Challenges Audiences

    The small consortium behind Angrajazz—the jazz festival that has been taking place on Terceira Island in the Azores…

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    The sound of pianist Marilyn Crispell changed following a trip to a festival in Stockholm: “I heard them playing stuff that really, really touched me.”

    News

    Oct 21, 2019 11:05 AM

    The Renaissance of Marilyn Crispell

    In 1985, writer Graham Lock joined saxophonist Anthony Braxton and his band on a tour of England, making stops in…

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    Mark Kavuma’s sophomore album, The Banger Factory, places him at the center of London’s rapidly expanding jazz scene.

    News, From the Magazine

    Oct 21, 2019 9:31 AM

    Mark Kavuma Crafts a Bigger ‘Banger’

    Great art can emerge from any residency. A staple of jazz through the decades—from Ornette Coleman’s 1959 series at…

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    New York brass band Lucky Chops recently released its full-length debut.

    News, First Listen

    Oct 18, 2019 9:23 AM

    Premiere: Listen to ‘Traveler,’ a Track from New York Brass Band Lucky Chops

    Maybe you’ve run into them shedding at a New York subway stop.

    Brass band Lucky Chops recently issued its…

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    Nat “King” Cole sat at the crossroads of jazz and pop.

    News, From the Magazine

    Oct 18, 2019 9:18 AM

    The Transformative Power of Nat ‘King’ Cole

    It’s amazing how much Nat “King” Cole material we have to forgive in order to find the man we revere in this, the…

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    Bassist Nick Dunston is set to issue his debut as a leader, Atlantic Extraction, Nov. 1 through Out of Your Head Records.

    News, First Listen

    Oct 17, 2019 9:25 AM

    Premiere: Listen to Bassist Nick Dunston’s ‘S.S. Nemesis’ From Upcoming Debut ‘Atlantic Extraction’

    Bassist Nick Dunston’s name just keeps cropping up.

    If you didn’t catch him on Amirtha Kidambi’s release with…

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    Guitarist Charlie Apicella says his band gets “right to the point, just like Jack McDuff” on Groove Machine.

    News, From the Magazine

    Oct 17, 2019 9:22 AM

    Charlie Apicella is Channeling the Past

    In many ways, guitarist Charlie Apicella has devoted himself to a kind of historical reenactment. On all of his…

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    Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)

    News

    Oct 16, 2019 10:18 AM

    Finalists Announced in 8th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Tuesday announced the five finalists in the 8th Annual Sarah Vaughan…

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