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    Bettye LaVette is set to headline June 8 at the Chicago Blues Festival.

    Mar 4, 2019 4:44 PM

    Bobby Rush, Bettye LaVette, Ruthie Foster to Headline Chicago Blues Festival

    Blues is a feeling, and it’ll be in ample supply June 7–9 as the Chicago Blues Festival returns for its 36th…

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    Caspar Brötzmann performs at Berlin’s SO36 during a tour for Black Axis. The guitarist’s work with his trio, Massaker, is being reissued by Southern Lord Recordings, which also will release a record by a new Brötzmann project, Bass Totem, in 2020.

    Interview, News

    Mar 4, 2019 9:00 AM

    The Complex Sounds of Caspar Brötzmann

    Among the most exciting and forward-thinking albums to come out early in 2019 are a pair of recordings made decades…

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    “It’s a blessing to be within this legacy of the music,” Joe Lovano says.

    News, From the Magazine

    Mar 1, 2019 9:00 AM

    Joe Lovano Moves on to the Next Chapter

    ​It is entirely characteristic of Joe Lovano, who parted ways with Blue Note Records in 2016 after releasing 25…

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    At age 14, drummer Allison Miller performed at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. with guitarist Charlie Byrd.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine

    Feb 28, 2019 9:00 AM

    Allison Miller’s Life of Juxtapositions

    ​Much of drummer Allison Miller’s life is about juxtapositions. She’s the creative force behind two related but…

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    Vocalist Madison McFerrin has scheduled several European performance dates for the spring.

    Interview, News

    Feb 27, 2019 9:00 AM

    Madison McFerrin on Developing Her Craft and the Politics of Art

    Madison McFerrin is the last musician you would expect to be going it alone. As the youngest child of Grammy-winning…

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    Makiko Hirabayashi (left), Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman are set to perform as The Makiko Hirabayashi Trio at jazzahead!’s European Jazz Meeting on April 26 in Bremen, Germany.

    News

    Feb 27, 2019 9:00 AM

    jazzahead! Looks to Broaden Representation at European Jazz Meeting [Sponsored]

    As part of the annual jazzahead! Festival and trade show—which hosts scores of musicians, producers, label and media…

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    Ingrid Jensen stands for a solo during a Feb. 15 performance of the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, during the second Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival.

    News

    Feb 26, 2019 9:22 AM

    Oscar Peterson Festival Highlights Canadian Talent

    On the final afternoon of the second Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival, a quintet led by pianist Kenny Barron…

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    Bassist Steve Swallow (left), drummer Bobby Previte and keyboardist Jamie Saft have released You Don’t Know The Life (RareNoise), a follow-up to their 2017 album Loneliness Road, which featured Iggy Pop.

    Interview, News

    Feb 25, 2019 9:00 AM

    Jamie Saft Delves into Rich Conversations on new RareNoise Disc

    When keyboardist Jamie Saft talks about his bond with drummer Bobby Previte and bassist Steve Swallow, the word…

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    A series of short films paired with portions of saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff’s Path Of Totality (Whirlwind) are set to be released through June.

    News, First Listen

    Feb 25, 2019 9:00 AM

    Premiere: Watch the Video for ‘Splatter,’ a Track from Quinsin Nachoff’s ‘Path Of Totality’

    Saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff and his troupe Flux recently issued Path Of Totality (Whirlwind), a recording praised in…

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    Ben Sidran’s latest release is a compilation of live recordings made between 1975 and 2015.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine

    Feb 22, 2019 9:00 AM

    Three-Disc Set Documents Ben Sidran’s Voyage

    When Ben Sidran first met McCoy Tyner at the New York club Slugs’ during the late 1960s, Sidran was in awe—and he…

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