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    Bassist Bootsy Collins is set to issue The Power Of The One, an album featuring a litany of jazz luminaries, as well as artists like rapper Snoop Dogg and blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.

    News, First Listen

    Sep 16, 2020 9:00 AM

    Bootsy Collins Collaborates With George Benson, Branford Marsalis And More On ‘The Power Of The One’

    Bootsy Collins has been dispensing funk as a bandleader and with performers like James Brown and George Clinton for…

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    Jazz flutist David Bertrand, now based in Brooklyn, hails from Trinidad and Tobago.

    News, From the Magazine

    Sep 15, 2020 8:53 AM

    David Bertrand’s Hope Of Fellowship: Column

    This Juneteenth, I published my first blog post, which I titled “Black Sound, White Light.” It was a response to…

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    Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi is planning to stream a Thursday set.

    News

    Sep 14, 2020 8:49 AM

    What To Stream This Week

    As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…

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    Saxophonist and vocalist Camille Thurman is part of a growing contingent of Black women jazz artists tapping into the power of virtual platforms and claiming the right to speak.

    News

    Sep 11, 2020 9:10 AM

    Black Women Jazz Artists Are Using Virtual Spaces To Speak On Race, Gender

    Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual interactions on Facebook, Instagram Live and Zoom quickly replaced…

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    The independent label Blujazz has released vocalist Joyce Grant’s latest album, Surrounded By Blue.

    News, From the Magazine

    Sep 10, 2020 9:00 AM

    Joyce Grant Embraces Family History

    For 22 years, vocalist Joyce Grant had a nearly uninterrupted weekly engagement at Zingari Ristorante, located in San…

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    Shabaka and The Ancestors, winner of the category Rising Star–Jazz Group, includes Ariel Zamonsky (left), Siyabonga Mthembu, Shabaka Hutchings, Tumi Mogorosi, Gontse Makhene and Mthunzi Mvubu.

    News

    Sep 10, 2020 8:58 AM

    Sparks Of Wonder, Discovery Propel Rising Stars

    In 2019, five artists received pages of music with an express direction: “Learn these parts.” Comprising bass lines…

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    Art Hirahara’s latest album, Balance Point, includes original compositions and one Duke Ellington tune.

    News, From the Magazine

    Sep 9, 2020 9:00 AM

    Collaboration Fuels Pianist Art Hirahara

    Visiting his native San Francisco in mid-March to play some dates and see his mother, Art Hirahara suddenly found…

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    Chris Collins, president and artistic director of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, attributes the ability to pull off the live event to the professionalism of Detroit’s tech crews, musicians and foundation staff.

    News

    Sep 8, 2020 2:20 PM

    Inside The Detroit Jazz Festival’s Bubble

    The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled off a first—a live jazz fest with no audience—during the Labor Day weekend.

    …

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    Saxophonist Kamasi Washington performs during the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.

    News, From the Magazine

    Sep 8, 2020 11:34 AM

    In Newport, A Quiet August And The Virus’ Financial Fallout

    Fort Adams State Park—traditionally home to the Newport Jazz Festival—was uncharacteristically quiet the first week…

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    Edu Ribeiro (left), Reuben Rogers, Helio Alves and Romero Lubambo collaborate for AT PLAY.

    News, First Listen

    Sep 8, 2020 11:29 AM

    Premiere: Romero Lubambo, Helio Alves, Reuben Rogers, Edu Ribeiro Team For ‘AT PLAY’

    The legacy of recorded music in Brazil—jazz and otherwise—is such a monumental contribution to the world that…

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