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    Vibraphonist Roy Ayers performs last year in Pittsburgh.

    Interview, News

    May 11, 2018 11:54 AM

    Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Builds on the City’s History

    Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…

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    Jimi Hendrix working in the Record Plant Studios in New York on April 21, 1969.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 10, 2018 6:08 PM

    Hendrix’s ‘Sweet’ Vision

    Nearly 50 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix’s legacy is still flourishing. Experience Hendrix—the official family…

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    Pianist Mike Jones and bassist Penn Jillette have released a duo album.

    Interview, News

    May 10, 2018 1:53 PM

    Jones Teams with Jillette for Live Album

    Seventeen years ago, Penn Jillette and his friend Mike Post went out to dinner at The Eiffel Tower—a place that Mike…

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    Jamaaladeen Tacuma (left) and Denardo Coleman perform April 29 at the Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music Festival in Philadelphia.

    Live, News, Review

    May 10, 2018 9:37 AM

    Outsiders Festival a Showcase for Tacuma

    The final show of electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s fourth annual Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music…

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    The Avarus Trio, comprising Mari-Liis Vihermäe (left), Heigo Rosin and Mingo Rajandi, performs at the Jazzkaar Festival’s Estonian showcase in Tallinn, Estonia.

    Live, News, Review

    May 9, 2018 9:40 AM

    Jazzkaar Festival Celebrates Estonia’s Music Culture

    It can take a few days for a festival’s character to emerge, with settings and shows only gradually collecting into a…

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    Tania Chen’s improvisatory skills perfectly prepare her to perform compositions by John Cage.

    May 8, 2018 6:25 PM

    Beyond: Chance and Dreamed Ideals

    It would be hard to imagine a pianist better suited to record John Cage’s Electronic Music For Piano than Tania Chen.…

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    Robert Glasper (left), Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott perform following a screening of the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23.

    News, Review

    May 8, 2018 4:00 PM

    Blue Note Documentary Screens at Tribeca Film Fest

    UPDATE: The theatrical run begins June 14 in New York at Metrograph. June 28, the film opens in Los Angles at Laemmle…

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    Singer and composer Sara Serpa recently released Close Up on Clean Feed, a Portuguese imprint.

    Interview, News

    May 7, 2018 5:24 PM

    10 Years of Evolution Led Singer Sara Serpa to her Latest Album

    For a decade, the Portuguese-born Sara Serpa has been crafting hauntingly beautiful composed and improvised music,…

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    ​Drummer Matt Wilson tops two categories in the 2018 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.

    News

    May 7, 2018 2:31 PM

    Matt Wilson, Jazzmeia Horn, DownBeat Honored by Jazz Journalists Association

    Matt Wilson, Jazzmeia Horn and DownBeat are among the winners of the 22nd annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz…

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    Kenny Garrett performs during the 2017 edition of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival in Healdsburg, California.

    News

    May 7, 2018 11:28 AM

    Healdsburg Fest ‘Spiritually’ Important for California

    Artistically successful jazz festivals offer a point of view that reflects both geographic locale and, when possible,…

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