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    Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber is marking two decades of music with a new album and a spate of reissues.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 19, 2019 10:19 PM

    Burnt Sugar Applying Heat for 20 Years

    As any well-informed chef will tell you, particularly one schooled in Caribbean cuisine, burnt sugar is not actually…

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    For Randy Brecker’s latest outing, he’s supported by Hamburg, Germany’s NDR Bigband.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 16, 2019 5:41 PM

    Brecker Bonds with Big Bands Over Fusion

    Carving out space on jazz radio can be more than a little challenging. If the music falls into some category other than…

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    All of Miles Davis’ recordings with his namesake nonet are compiled on The Complete Birth Of The Cool.

    News

    May 16, 2019 8:53 AM

    More Miles: Complete ‘Birth Of The Cool’ Sessions Out June 7

    The iconic Birth Of The Cool is about to get a little cooler. A new compilation will allow Miles Davis fans to take a…

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    Trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey performs in both Kokoroko and Nérija, groups that recently issued debut EPs indebted to jazz, Afrobeat and more.

    Interview, News

    May 16, 2019 8:53 AM

    Sheila Maurice-Grey on Art’s Emancipatory Properties

    Kokoroko, a London-based Afrobeat group, released its self-titled debut EP earlier this year after being featured on…

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    John Daversa (right) works with young musicians on the American Dreamers project.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 15, 2019 10:24 AM

    The Dreamers and John Daversa: Message, Intention, Purpose

    John Daversa’s American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom (BFM Jazz) is a creation of human concern and…

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    Brandee Younger’s Soul Awakening is a meticulously curated collection of music she recorded between 2012 and 2013.

    News, First Listen

    May 15, 2019 9:00 AM

    Now’s the Time for Brandee Younger

    Harpist and composer Brandee Younger often faces a curiously inexhaustible question: What kind of music do you play?

    …

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    René Marie (foreground) performs with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Jeff Lindberg, in Chicago on March 29.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 15, 2019 9:00 AM

    Chicago Jazz Orchestra Stays True to its Roots

    The Chicago Jazz Orchestra recently marked its 40th anniversary, and the ensemble commemorated the milestone with a…

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    Frode Haltli performs at the 2018 Nattjazz festival in Bergen, Norway.

    Interview, News

    May 14, 2019 9:00 AM

    Frode Haltli: A Conversation with the Avant Folk Avatar

    This year at Bremen, Germany’s jazzahead! festival and trade fair, Norwegian acts were featured during an…

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    Pianist Fabian Almazan’s This Land Abounds With Life is set for release June 14 on his own Biophilia imprint.

    News, First Listen

    May 13, 2019 11:11 AM

    Premiere: Fabian Almazan Offers Up ‘Benjamin,’ a Cut From ‘This Land Abounds With Life’

    A bandleader, composer and member of Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective, pianist Fabian Almazan synthesizes a…

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    Pharoah Sanders (left) and Franklin Kiermyer

    News, From the Magazine

    May 13, 2019 9:00 AM

    Franklin Kiermyer’s Ecstatic Devotion

    More than two decades separate a pair of releases on Dot Time Records, each helmed by veteran drummer Franklin…

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