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    Jordan was a dyed-in-the-wool bebopper whose formative musical experiences were with Charlie Parker.

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    “Where the Future of Jazz Is Made” is the theme of Jazz-Con 2025.

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    ​John Scofield brought his Long Days Quartet with pianist John Medeski, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Ted Poor to this summer’s Bohemia Jazz Fest.

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    ​“I love the place that fate or whatever has positioned me in Gil Evans’ life and legacy,” said Ryan Truesdell.

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    ​The Westerlies, from left: Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar, Andy Clausen and Chloe Rowlands.

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    “Playing duo is one of the most difficult things to do, after playing solo,” said drummer Lesley Mok, shown here with her duo cohort, pianist Phillip Golub.

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    Dawn Clement brought a new, loose-limbed edge — in both her playing and her programming — to an event that has sometimes felt stodgy.

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    Chuck Mangione on the cover of the May 8, 1975, edition of DownBeat.

    Chuck Mangione, Rest in Peace

    Chuck Mangione, one of the most popular trumpeters in jazz history, passed away on July 24 at home in Rochester, New…

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    “All those female voices are choirs of women coming to heal the world from the imbalance of the masculine and feminine,” Meza says of her new album, Portal.

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    Nicholas Payton looked very zen in this photo used for a feature in the January 2024 edition of DownBeat. His departure from Berklee College of Music was anything but.

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