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    Vijay Iyer (left) and Tyshawn Sorey at Q2 in New York on April 13.

    Live, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Rudresh Mahanthappa, George Lewis

    Apr 17, 2017 3:59 PM

    Iyer, Sorey & More Unite for Evening of Avant-Garde

    Q2 Music, a multi-platform home for musical discovery dedicated mostly to modern classical composition, hosted a…

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    Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Young perform in an Oscar Peterson tribute concert at Symphony Center on April 7. Todd Rosenberg

    Live, Oscar Peterson, Bill Charlap, Kenny Barron

    Apr 14, 2017 12:09 PM

    Piano Summit Salutes Oscar Peterson

    The evening of April 7 saw a rare procession of mainstream piano mastery cross the stage of Symphony Center in…

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    Ingebrigt Håkaer Flaten (left), Mette Rasmussen and Torbjörn Zetterberg perform at the Vossa Jazz Festival in Voss, Norway.

    Live

    Apr 13, 2017 4:28 PM

    Norwegian Notions, Old and Brand New, at Vossa Jazz

    My first, and lasting, musical impression of Norway’s Vossa Jazz Festival, a fascinating Nordic-centric event, came…

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    Dave Holland, a newly named NEA Jazz Master, performs at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.

    Live, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Kevin Eubanks, Eric Harland

    Apr 11, 2017 3:59 PM

    Holland Celebrates ‘Jazz Master’ Status with West Coast Tour

    As he demonstrated time and again on the bandstand of the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, on April 6,…

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    Lawrence Brownlee as the title character in Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD

    Live, Charlie Parker

    Apr 10, 2017 3:51 PM

    Charlie Parker Opera Captures Substance, Not Spirit, of Bird

    The great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, (aka Yardbird, or Bird) is an attractive protagonist for an opera:…

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    The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on April 3, 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (left to right): Representing Ira Gitler, Fitz Gitler; Dick Hyman; Dave Holland; Dr. Lonnie Smith; and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

    Live, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dave Holland, Dick Hyman, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ira Gitler

    Apr 5, 2017 1:16 PM

    NEA Jazz Masters Concert Preserves ‘Sanctity of the Arts’

    Since relocating from New York to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the annual NEA Jazz Masters awards…

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    The Art Ensemble of Chicago members Don Moye (left), Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors are the subject of a new book, which was released at a Fred Anderson tribute concert in Chicago on March 29.

    Live

    Apr 4, 2017 4:05 PM

    Tribute Concert Sets Stage for Art Ensemble of Chicago Book Release

    On several levels, Chicago saxophonist Fred Anderson, who died in June 2010, left a void that still needs to be filled.…

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    Nir Felder (left), Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Michael League (background) and Skerik at the Jazz Standard in New York City on March 28.

    Live, Maurice Brown, Nir Felder, Michael League

    Mar 30, 2017 2:04 PM

    Maurice Brown Makes Tuesdays ‘Mobetta’ at Jazz Standard

    Maurice “Mobetta” Brown is having a busy start to his spring. The trumpet veteran released The Mood on March 24,…

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    Carla Bley was among the jazz-leaning instrumentalists that performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 23-26.

    Live, Matana Roberts, Matthew Shipp, Carla Bley

    Mar 30, 2017 11:01 AM

    Big Ears Festival Embraces Jazz Experimentalism

    Perched on a stool in front of a projector screen and nestled behind a laptop, alto saxophonist Matana Roberts had a…

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    Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew of Yo La Tengo

    Live, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum, Yo La Tengo

    Mar 28, 2017 2:19 PM

    Yo La Tengo Recruits Free-Jazz Titans for NYC Jam

    Yo La Tengo has a song called “The Story Of Jazz,” and lyric-wise, it really has nothing to do with swing or its…

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