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    Anthony Braxton performs at the Edition Festival, which ran Feb. 7–10 in Stockholm.

    Live, News, Anthony Braxton, Tomeka Reid, Ingrid Laubrock

    Feb 14, 2019 3:00 PM

    Edition Festival a Celebration of Anthony Braxton’s Oeuvre

    The centerpieces for the fourth iteration of Stockholm’s Edition Festival were two performances devoted to the music…

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    Guitarist-composer Oscar Peñas (left) pianist Marta Sánchez and drummer Richie Barshay perform Feb. 8 at Aaron Davis Hall at the City College Center for the Arts in Harlem.

    Live, News, Oscar Peñas

    Feb 12, 2019 9:33 AM

    With ‘Almadraba’ Oscar Peñas is Poet, Composer and Friend to Fisherman

    Oscar Peñas is a poet. Having tasked himself with writing a suite dedicated to the centuries-old practice of…

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    ​At New York’s Winter Jazzfest on Jan. 12, Allison Miller co-leads an ensemble with pianist Carmen Staaf at Subculture.

    Live, News, Jaimie Branch, JD Allen, David Murray, Carmen Staaf, Allison Miller/Carmen Staaf, Allison Miller, Jason Palmer

    Jan 16, 2019 8:58 AM

    Double Vision: Winter Jazzfest Fosters Co-Led Ensembles

    On display at New York’s Winter Jazzfest is not only a variety of styles, repertoires, concepts and generations, but…

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    Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez and percussionist Pedrito Martinez perform at New York’s SubCulture during Winter Jazzfest.

    Live, News, Melissa Aldana, Alfredo Rodríguez, Marta Sánchez Quintet, Pedrito Martinez, Richard Bona, Alex LoRe

    Jan 15, 2019 8:48 AM

    The Ibero-American Flavor of Winter Jazzfest

    For the past 15 years, Winter Jazzfest’s signature event has been a weekend marathon spread across dozens of New York…

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    Henry Threadgill performs Jan. 11 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.

    Live, News, Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman

    Jan 14, 2019 9:00 AM

    Threadgill Premieres New Composition at Cleveland Museum of Art

    Henry Threadgill’s Zooid along with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble performed the world premiere of…

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    Led by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove at Lincoln Center began with a traditional, New Orleans-style second line march.

    Live, News, Roy Hargrove, Common, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Roy Haynes, Norah Jones

    Jan 9, 2019 4:47 PM

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Tribute Recalls Hargrove’s Big-Tent Approach

    Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, as the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove neared its fifth hour,…

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    Kamasi Washington performs Saturday at SFJAZZ with bassist John Patitucci, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Danilo Pérez during a celebration of Wayne Shorter.

    Live, News, Kamasi Washington, Danilo Pérez, Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Terrace Martin, Wayne Shorter

    Jan 8, 2019 9:00 AM

    SFJAZZ Celebrates Wayne Shorter

    At the top of Saturday night’s Wayne Shorter Legacy Celebration in San Francisco, Randall Kline, artistic and…

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    Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and drummer Mika Kallio perform during a screening of “Eläimen Kuva” at the We Jazz Festival, which ran Dec. 2-9 in Helsinki, Finland.

    Live, Krzysztof Komeda, Mopo, Verneri Pohjola, Otis Sandsjö

    Dec 11, 2018 9:30 AM

    We Jazz Festival Fosters Surprise and Discovery in Helsinki

    An important event on the Helsinki jazz scene, now in its sixth year, We Jazz has made a point of staging shows in…

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    Maja S.K. Ratkje performs at the Rune Grammofon 20th anniversary celebration at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway.

    Live, Review, Mats Gustafsson, Fire!, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Hedvig Mollestad, Maja S. K. Ratkje

    Dec 7, 2018 9:00 AM

    Rune Grammofon Marks 20 Years with 2-Day Oslo Concert

    Back in the ’80s, Rune Kristoffersen was a founding member of the Norwegian post-punk/new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.…

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    Omara Portuondo performs at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival.

    Live, News, Omara Portuondo, Luciana Souza, Marco Pignataro

    Nov 26, 2018 4:00 PM

    Dominican Republic Jazz Festival Looks to Foster the Future

    It’s not uncommon for contemporary jazz players to express the need for jazz to be taken to a new, younger generation…

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