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    Sylvain Leroux helms L’Ecole Fula Flute, an alternative school in Guinea that aims to teach students from ages 6 to 20 academic fundamentals, as well as music.

    News, From the Magazine, Sylvain Leroux

    May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

    Sylvain Leroux Opens New Horizons To Music Literacy

    In a cinderblock schoolhouse with a corrugated tin roof in Conakry, Guinea, reeds specialist Sylvain Leroux is opening…

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    Giacomo Bruzzo’s RareNoise label has built a catalog filled with adventurous releases.

    News, From the Magazine, Sophie Tassignon

    May 12, 2020 8:55 AM

    RareNoise Blurs The Lines Of Genre

    Before he was a label owner, Giacomo Bruzzo was a frustrated finance bro. Born in Italy, he moved to the U.K. in 1991,…

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    Ben Williams’ I Am A Man has been issued through Rainbow Blonde, a new label founded by vocalists José James and Taali and engineer Brian Bender.

    News, From the Magazine, Ben Williams

    May 11, 2020 8:49 AM

    Ben Williams’ Righteous Vocal Power

    Ben Williams was completely mesmerized by 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about mass incarceration and…

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    Robert Cray recorded his latest album, That’s What I Heard, at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood.

    News, From the Magazine, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan

    May 8, 2020 9:00 AM

    The Vintage Vibe of Robert Cray

    When it comes to the long, storied career of Robert Cray, time and musical fashion have been slippery slopes of the…

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    Aruán Ortiz (left), Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera perform together on Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt).

    News, From the Magazine, Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Nels Cline, Brian Marsella

    May 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    This Batch of Albums Investigates Piano-Led Ensembles

    Pianist Aruán Ortiz recalls the cacophony of ritmas that pervaded his childhood in Santiago de Cuba on Inside Rhythmic…

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    Dave Liebman’s Earth caps a series of albums inspired by natural elements.

    News, From the Magazine, Dave Liebman

    May 6, 2020 8:15 AM

    Dave Liebman Manifests The Elements

    After 37 years of living in the bucolic scenery of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, a stone’s throw from the Deer Head Inn…

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    The Vagabond merges Aaron Diehl’s jazz background with his increasing interest in the classical world, in part stemming from his work with composer Philip Glass.

    News, From the Magazine, Aaron Diehl

    Apr 30, 2020 8:08 AM

    Aaron Diehl Melds Worlds Of Music

    In late January, Aaron Diehl elegantly delivered an intimate solo-piano show in front of a packed house at Mezzrow in…

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    Drummer and producer Makaya McCraven revamps Gil Scott-Heron on We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL).

    News, From the Magazine, Makaya McCraven

    Apr 24, 2020 8:10 AM

    Makaya McCraven Makes The Old New Again

    Chicago’s Makaya McCraven is best known as a drummer and producer, mixing and matching genres until they blend as…

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    Ellis Marsalis performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 7, 2017.

    News, From the Magazine, COVID-19, Obituary, Ellis Marsalis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wallace Roney, Henry Grimes, Lee Konitz

    Apr 23, 2020 8:51 AM

    COVID-19 Claims The Lives Of Countless Artists

    The following serves as a tribute to the musicians we have lost to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 was a factor in…

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    “We don’t travel as much as we’d like yet,” Delfeayo Marsalis said. “But the guys in the band are committed to what we’re doing, and it’s taken a while for the concept to evolve.”

    News, From the Magazine, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis

    Apr 17, 2020 8:17 AM

    Delfeayo Marsalis Is A Merchant Of Joy

    It’s not hard to pinpoint why Delfeayo Marsalis’ New Orleans-based Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s recent release, Jazz…

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