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    Brian Bromberg

    News, From the Magazine, Brian Bromberg

    Sep 7, 2021 11:25 AM

    The Blindfold Test with Brian Bromberg

    Brian Bromberg, Arizona-born but long California-based, has often resided in smooth jazz circles. But the bassist, now…

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    Ches Smith (center, seated), with the cross-cultural octet We All Break, explores his fascination with Vodou drumming on Path Of Seven Colors.

    News, From the Magazine, Ches Smith

    Sep 7, 2021 11:21 AM

    Ches Smith Runs the Vodou Down

    Drummer/composer Ches Smith got into Vodou drumming almost by accident. As a graduate student studying music at Mills…

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    Joy’s heroes range from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jazzmeia Horn and H.E.R., to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

    News, From the Magazine, Samara Joy

    Sep 7, 2021 10:51 AM

    Samara Joy’s Quest for New Tradition

    Samara Joy is a self-possessed, deeply emotive vocalist, with power that usually takes a lot of living to master. But…

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    Ikonen combines his artistic creativity with a curiosity that led to inventing the Maqiano, a device that creates microtonal effects on an acoustic piano.

    News, From the Magazine, Kari Ikonen

    Sep 7, 2021 10:46 AM

    Kari Ikonen’s Maqiano Sound

    In a stylish Helsinki apartment with high-vaulted windows that ushered in the sunlight from the auroral Scandinavian…

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    Corea was named Artist, Pianist and Keyboardist of the Year for the final time in the 69th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll.

    News, From the Magazine, Chick Corea

    Aug 27, 2021 2:14 PM

    Chick Corea: Final Curtain Call

    Editor’s Note: This article is from the August 2021 DownBeat Critics Poll issue.

    At the time of this writing,…

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    Michael Dease is the Trombonist of the Year in DownBeat’s 69th Annual Critics Poll.

    News, From the Magazine, Michael Dease

    Aug 27, 2021 2:04 PM

    Michael Dease: Give It All

    Michael Dease took a circuitous route to discovering his chosen instrument. He started out as an alto saxophonist…

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    The Rodney Whitaker Septet performs at the 2020 virtual Detroit Jazz Festival.

    News

    Aug 27, 2021 1:58 PM

    Detroit Jazz Fest Goes Virtual, Again

    The Detroit Jazz Festival will be delivered virtually, once again, over the Labor Day weekend.

    Billed as the largest…

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    Béla Fleck introduces My Bluegrass Heart.

    News, Charles Tolliver, Buster Williams, Béla Fleck, Ramsey Lewis

    Aug 27, 2021 1:50 PM

    What to Stream in September

    The summer calendar is winding down, but there are some great streaming opportunities for the month of September. Here…

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    Maria Schneider’s Data Lords was the critics’ pick for Album of the Year.

    News, Maria Schneider, Dave Pietro, Frank Kimbrough

    Aug 24, 2021 12:08 PM

    Maria Schneider: Fight The Power

    Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate Maria Schneider’s CD Data Lords being named Album of the…

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    Gerald Clayton was named Rising Star Artist of the Year and his trio won Rising Star Jazz Group.

    News, From the Magazine, Gerald Clayton, Angel Bat Dawid, Immanuel Wilkins, Nubya Garcia

    Aug 24, 2021 12:01 PM

    Rising Stars Find Inspiration in the Collective

    Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate some of the Rising Star winners in DownBeat’s 69th Annual…

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