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    “I guess that’s my personality: On the outside I’m very mellow, but, inside, my brain is going 100 miles a minute,” says Scott.

    Interview, From the Magazine

    May 23, 2023 12:58 PM

    Kendrick Scott: In Search of Implied Harmony

    Kendrick Scott loves harmony at least as much as he loves rhythm, possibly more. “To me, one of the most beautiful…

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    Wong interviews other guitarists he admires on his Wong Notes podcast.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 23, 2023 12:52 PM

    Cory Wong’s Funky Pep Rally

    A modern day practitioner of the “chanking” rhythm guitar method developed by James Brown sideman Jimmy Nolen —…

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    Ingrid Laubrock, left, premieres “Lilith” at jazzahead! 2023 with band member David Adewumi on trumpet.

    Live

    May 23, 2023 12:43 PM

    Jazzahead! Showcases Eclectic Fluidity

    Jazzahead!, a refreshingly hybrid trade fair and artistic showcase held annually at the exhibition center in Bremen,…

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    Mutual Mentorship for Musicians will honor pianist/composer/educator Michele Rosewoman on June 13.

    News

    May 23, 2023 12:31 PM

    Mentorship Initiative To Honor Michele Rosewoman

    When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa co-founded Mutual Mentorship for…

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    ​Applications for the 2023 competition are due July 31. This year’s event will focus on the piano.

    News

    May 23, 2023 12:11 PM

    Hancock Institute Piano Competition Finals To Happen Oct. 14–15

    Applications for the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition are due by July 31, with a finals…

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    “When I first emerged on the scene, I was dealing with working with a certain trumpet player who shall remain nameless,” Reed said. “It was very much an indoctrinating, dogmatic point of view, but it was all I knew.”

    Interview, From the Magazine

    May 16, 2023 3:15 PM

    The Liberation of Eric Reed

    As a piano-playing prodigy, Philadelphia native Eric Reed performed gospel music in his father’s church at age 5. By…

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    “For me, the jazz tradition has worked most consciously and seriously with the idea of freedom in music,” Bärtsch said.

    Live

    May 16, 2023 3:00 PM

    Nik Bärtsch Delivers Meditative Solo Piano Concert at Bergamo Jazz Fest

    Even before COVID-19 made it problematic for his popular Ronin and Mobile ensembles to tour, Nik Bärtsch and his ECM…

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    Henry Threadgill set a high bar for collective creation in the service of an individual identity

    Live

    May 16, 2023 2:46 PM

    Very Very Circus Strikes a Threadgill Groove at Long Play Festival

    Seated front-row center, Henry Threadgill was visibly grooving to Very Very Circus — an eminently reasonable response…

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    At 65, Branker feels he is just coming into his own as a composer.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 16, 2023 2:21 PM

    Anthony Branker Explores Sense of Place

    While the trajectory of a jazz musician’s career often follows a somewhat logical arc, others take more complex and…

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    Review

    May 16, 2023 2:12 PM

    Book Review: ‘Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat that Changed America’

    Drummer and bandleader Chick Webb is barely remembered today. If he is known at all, it’s likely because he’s the…

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