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More Trump-Kennedy Center Cancellations
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Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for its summer festivities. The Lincoln Center Festival features Elvis Costello and the 52-piece Netherlands Metropole Orkest at Avery Fisher Hall on July 13. The performance will celebrate Costello’s 50th birthday and the Orkest’s first trip to the states. On July 21, DJ Spooky will bring Transmetropolitan to the festival at Alice Tully Hall. Inspired by Duke Ellington’s Afro-Eurasian Eclipse, the performace will feature Vijay Iyer, Ibrahim Quraishi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, London’s Eclectic Method, that Subliminal Kid himself, and more.
Lincoln Center Out Of Doors will feature six free outdoor concerts in August at either the Damrosch Park Bandshell or the North Plaza. Performances include Sonny Rollins’ “Jazz Takes Flight”; Melba Joyce; Puerto Rico’s 13-piece Plena Libre; The Heath Brothers with Dr. Billy Taylor and a special guest celebrating Jazzmobile’s 40th anniversary; Ronnie Cuber and Gary Smulyan playing Gerry Mulligan; and Chick Corea.
Belá Fleck during an interview with Fredrika Whitfield on CNN.
Jan 13, 2026 2:09 PM
The fallout from the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to include President Donald…
Peplowski first came to prominence in legacy swing bands, including the final iteration of the Benny Goodman Orchestra, before beginning a solo career in the late 1980s.
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Ken Peplowski, a clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who straddled the worlds of traditional and modern jazz, died Feb. 2…
The success of Oregon’s first album, 1971’s Music Of Another Present Era, allowed Towner to establish a solo career.
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Ralph Towner, a guitarist and composer who blended multiple genres, including jazz — and throughout them all remained…
Rico’s Anti-Microbial Instrument Swab
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Richie Beirach was particularly renowned for his approach to chromatic harmony, which he used to improvise reharmonizations of originals and standards.
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Richie Beirach, a pianist and composer who channeled a knowledge of modern classical music into his jazz practice,…
