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    LYAMBIKO performs at Jazzfest Bonn.

    Live, Review

    May 16, 2018 1:46 PM

    Jazzfest Bonn Tinged by Air of Classical

    A serious musical lineage long has been part of the civic bone structure of Bonn, Germany.

    Most famously, it is the…

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    Charles Lloyd performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28.

    Live, News, Review, Charles Lloyd, Sean Jones

    May 15, 2018 9:52 AM

    New Orleans Festival Hosts Generations

    When all the gumbo’s been digested following seven days of music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it…

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    Jamaaladeen Tacuma (left) and Denardo Coleman perform April 29 at the Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music Festival in Philadelphia.

    Live, News, Review, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Denardo Coleman

    May 10, 2018 9:37 AM

    Outsiders Festival a Showcase for Tacuma

    The final show of electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s fourth annual Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music…

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    The Avarus Trio, comprising Mari-Liis Vihermäe (left), Heigo Rosin and Mingo Rajandi, performs at the Jazzkaar Festival’s Estonian showcase in Tallinn, Estonia.

    Live, News, Review, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Kirke Karja Quartet, Ben Monder

    May 9, 2018 9:40 AM

    Jazzkaar Festival Celebrates Estonia’s Music Culture

    It can take a few days for a festival’s character to emerge, with settings and shows only gradually collecting into a…

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    Ben Williams (left), Oleg Butman and James Morrison perform in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the April 30 celebration of International Jazz Day.

    Live, News, Review, Herbie Hancock, John Beasley, Igor Butman

    May 3, 2018 10:22 AM

    In Russia, International Jazz Day Reaches Across Borders

    Amplifying cultural exchange and diplomacy more than igniting heated sociopolitical debates has become an unspoken rule…

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    Horse Orchestra performs April 20 at Kulturzentrum Schlachthof as part of jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany.

    Live, News, Review, Kuba Wieçek, Horse Orchestra, Kirke Karja Quartet, The Beats & Pieces Big Band

    May 2, 2018 10:04 AM

    jazzahead! Aims at Connecting International Jazz Community

    “This is the most useful tool for international networking in Europe,” said Cyril Moshkow, board member of the…

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    Dr. Lonnie Smith performs at one of three sets on April 5 at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia.

    Live, News, Review, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage

    May 1, 2018 9:25 AM

    Savannah Swamped with Jazz as Smith, Lage, Frisell Perform

    Although the Savannah Music Festival embraces all forms of American roots music, most of its jazz programming takes…

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    Albert “Tootie” Heath, as well as his brother Jimmy Heath, were honored April 20 at The Apollo Theater in Harlem with lifetime achievement awards from the Jazz Foundation of America.

    Live, News, Review, Jimmy Heath, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Harold Mabern

    Apr 24, 2018 11:09 AM

    Jazz Foundation Honors Greats, Calls for Assistance

    The Jazz Foundation of America has issued a call to offer assistance to musicians who have fallen on hard times.

    The…

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    Pat Metheny (left), Joanne Brackeen, Todd Barkan, bassist Christian McBride, singer Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and guitarist Nir Felder at the 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on April 16 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

    Live, News, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Joanne Brackeen, Todd Barkan, Christian McBride, Antonio Sánchez, Cécile McLorin Salvant

    Apr 23, 2018 10:29 AM

    NEA Jazz Masters Concert Honors Titans

    “We’re all partners in time. And this music makes time our friend, not an implacable foe,” said Grammy-winning…

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    Pianist Bethany Pickens (left), bassist Junius Paul, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, drummer Charles Heath and trumpeter Marquis Hill pay tribute to Willie Pickens at an April 18 memorial concert at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater.

    Live, News, Willie Pickens, Bethany Pickens, Marquis Hill, Donald Harrison Jr., Orbert Davis

    Apr 20, 2018 12:04 PM

    Family, Friends Offer Heartfelt Tribute to Pickens

    Pianist Willie Pickens, who died Dec. 12, 2017, was an exemplary yet modest man. Gifted with world-class instrumental…

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