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  • web_Anna-Maria_Hefele_of_Supersonus_SRA00333_%C2%A9ThomasRadlwimmer.jpg

    Vocalist Anna-Maria Hefele of Supersonus performs at the 25th edition of the INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria.

    Live, News, Supersonus, Gavino Murgia, David Helbock, Abdullah Ibrahim, Theon Cross

    Jun 11, 2019 10:05 AM

    Farm Vision: INNtöne Celebrates 25 Years

    As many of its longtime attendees say, the INNtöne Jazz Festival, now in its 25th year, takes place in the middle of…

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    Ruthie Foster performs on June 9 at the Chicago Blues Festival.

    Live, News, Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Larkin Poe, Jimmy Johnson

    Jun 10, 2019 9:07 PM

    Chicago Blues Fest Rife with Diversity

    Chicago Blues Festival Director Carlos Tortolero offered a succinct response when asked about the overarching theme…

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    Dr. Lonnie Smith and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw recently wrapped up a run of late-May shows at New York’s Birdland.

    Live, News, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw

    May 31, 2019 12:39 PM

    Dr. Lonnie Smith Meets the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw at Birdland

    In its stateside debut, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw joined forces with Hammond B-3 organ wizard Dr. Lonnie…

  • ATLJoelRoss_creditSarahHtunWEB.jpg

    Joel Ross performs May 25 at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.

    Live, News, Stefon Harris, Alicia Olatuja, Lizz Wright, Joel Ross, Kandace Springs, Russell Gunn, Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra, Delfeayo Marsalis

    May 31, 2019 11:37 AM

    Atlanta Jazz Fest Searches for Formula, But Still Provides Entertainment

    In the sticky, oppressive heat of a spring Atlanta day, Stefon Harris pounds out a chordal interval on his marimba in…

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    The Lisa Wulff Quartett performs May 17 at the Opernhaus during JazzFest Bonn.

    Live, News, Lisa Wulff Quartett, Janning Trumann, Angelika Niescier, Shake Stew, Riccardo Del Fra

    May 28, 2019 2:28 PM

    Jazz Currents Surge Along the Rhine

    The Rhine cuts a crooked line through Northwest Germany, arching westward gradually, making it easy to compare the…

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    Branford (left), Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis perform during a New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival set honoring their father, Ellis, who played piano with the ensemble.

    Live, News, Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mahalia Jackson

    May 9, 2019 9:00 AM

    After 50 Years, Inclusive, Locally Focused Spirit of NOLA Festival Persists

    In 1970, Mahalia Jackson surprised attendees of the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival by jumping in on…

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    Janning Trumann 6 performs at jazzahead!, a festival and trade fair in Bremen, Germany, which ran April 25-28.

    Live, News, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Linda May Han Oh, Rudy Royston, Marilyn Mazur

    May 6, 2019 9:00 AM

    Working Toward Global Unity at jazzahead!

    On a train traveling from Hamburg to Bremen, Germany, a Scott Joplin rag tumbles out of a passenger’s mobile phone,…

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    Vocalist Lizz Wright performs April 30 at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in Australia.

    Live, News, Lizz Wright, Igor Butman, Herbie Hancock

    May 2, 2019 9:00 AM

    In Melbourne and Sydney, International Jazz Day Explores Cultural Exchange

    Acknowledgments of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were peppered throughout the…

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    Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann performs with heavy-psych act Black Bombaim at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, on April 12.

    Live, News, Peter Brötzmann, Mats Gustafsson

    Apr 23, 2019 9:36 AM

    Roadburn Festival Conjures Jazz, Psych

    If you think a music festival steeped in black-metal, doom and hardcore couldn’t also be a good place to discover…

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    Harry Connick Jr. performs during “The Birth of Jazz: From Bolden to Armstrong,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2019 gala concert, April 17 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

    Live, News, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Catherine Russell, Jon Batiste, Harry Connick Jr., Ellis Marsalis

    Apr 22, 2019 9:00 AM

    JALC Gala Traverses the History of Jazz

    Jazz at Lincoln Center felt more like jazz at Preservation Hall during the April 17 JALC concert and gala dinner.

    …

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