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    Erykah Badu performs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, backed by The Roots.

    News, Erykah Badu, The Roots

    Dec 29, 2017 10:08 AM

    Badu Curates Fela Kuti Box Set

    The ease with which singer Erykah Badu inhabits Fela Kuti’s work is shocking—and inspiring.

    Recently, she appeared…

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    Children at the Mthunzi Orphan Center in Lusaka, Zambia, performed vocals on a track that features Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and Dave Douglas.

    News, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Douglas, Aaron Parks

    Dec 27, 2017 4:42 PM

    Rosenwinkel Helps Raise Funds for Zambian Orphans

    Best known for his fluid electric guitar lines, Kurt Rosenwinkel is also the driving force behind Heartcore Records, an…

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    Wadada Leo Smith

    News, Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Davis

    Dec 22, 2017 4:45 PM

    Wadada Leo Smith Takes Festival to West Coast

    The CREATE festival made its West Coast debut in San Francisco’s Mission District on Dec. 15.

    The inaugural CREATE…

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    Drummer Eric Harland leads Voyager and plays in a handful of other ensembles.

    News, Eric Harland, Joey Alexander, Chris Potter, Dave Holland

    Dec 21, 2017 1:54 PM

    Q&A with Eric Harland: ‘Everything’s Accessible’

    It’s been said that clothes make the man. In the case of in-demand drummer and bandleader Eric Harland, sartorial…

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    Kevin Mahogany (1958–2017)

    News, Kevin Mahogany

    Dec 19, 2017 2:22 PM

    Vocalist Kevin Mahogany Dies at 59

    Kevin Mahogany, a jazz vocalist known for his resonant baritone and stylistic diversity, died Dec. 18 in Kansas City,…

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    Louis Prima (left) and Keely Smith

    News, Keely Smith, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Obituary

    Dec 18, 2017 4:21 PM

    In Memoriam: Vocalist Keely Smith

    Keely Smith, a vocalist who recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s alongside Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra, died of…

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    Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks at a Dec. 13 press conference in Washington, D.C. Looking on are, from left, Herbert Scott, Executive Director, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation; and Aaron Myers, Chair, Board of Directors–Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation.

    News, Ben Williams

    Dec 15, 2017 6:53 PM

    Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Launches Jazz Initiatives

    Michigan U.S. Representative John Conyers’ controversy-mired resignation in December had major implications for the…

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    Rodríguez’s new studio album, Little Dream, will be released on Feb. 23.

    News, Alfredo Rodríguez

    Dec 14, 2017 6:05 PM

    Alfredo Rodríguez’s Next Chapter Is ‘The Little Dream’

    Mack Avenue will release pianist Alfredo Rodríguez’s new studio album, Little Dream, on Feb. 23.

    Over the past…

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    Bettye LaVette’s new album, Things Have Changed, contains interpretations of 12 Bob Dylan tunes.

    News, Bettye LaVette, Trombone Shorty, Bob Dylan

    Dec 13, 2017 8:33 PM

    LaVette Interprets Dylan Songs on New Album

    On March 30, Verve Records will release soul singer Bettye LaVette’s new album, Things Have Changed, which is a…

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    Drummer Moses Boyd (left), saxophonist Nubya Garcia and tuba player Theon Cross contributed to the forthcoming album We Out Here, on Brownswood Recordings.

    News, Shabaka Hutchings, Gilles Peterson, Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross, Moses Boyd

    Dec 12, 2017 9:13 PM

    ‘We Out Here’ Documents London Jazz Scene

    Soon after Jazz Re:Freshed’s fifth annual Jazz Re:Fest concluded in August at London’s Royal Festival Hall…

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