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    Orrin Evans

    News, Orrin Evans, Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band

    Dec 28, 2021 10:38 AM

    Orrin Evans Named DC Jazz Festival Artist-In-Residence

    Pianist and composer Orrin Evans has been named to a two-year term as Artist-In-Residence for the DC Jazz Festival.

    …

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    The festival will go virtual for most shows due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

    News

    Dec 28, 2021 10:36 AM

    NYC Winter Jazzfest Postpones Live Events

    COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on live events in the jazz world. The latest victim is the 18th Annual NYC Jazzfest.…

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    William Parker is one of 20 artists slated to perform virtually at the Burning Ambulance Festival Jan. 1.

    News, William Parker, Rob Mazurek

    Dec 28, 2021 10:32 AM

    Burning Ambulance Virtual Festival Hits Jan. 1

    Burning Ambulance, the independent arts and culture hub launched in 2010 by writer Phil Freeman and artist I.A.…

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    Kirk Whalum is in the holiday spirit.

    News, Kirk Whalum

    Dec 21, 2021 10:40 AM

    It’s a Kirk Whalum Christmas

    Looking for a little new music for the holiday season? DownBeat has plenty, starting with saxophonist Kirk Whalum’s…

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    News

    Dec 21, 2021 12:24 AM

    New Holiday Music!

    Tis the season. Treasurable Christmas jazz albums from the past are getting gift-wrapped again. The Vince Guaraldi…

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    Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

    News, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Lennie Tristano, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Joe Henderson, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa

    Dec 20, 2021 11:43 PM

    Some Perfect Gifts

    Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…

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    An all-star cast from 2019’s New York City Winter JazzFest.

    News, Angel Bat Dawid, Terri Lyne Carrington, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Sara Serpa, Jen Shyu, Makaya McCraven, Terence Blanchard, Samara Joy, Fay Victor, Kate Gentile, Ben Lamar Gay, Jaimie Branch

    Dec 20, 2021 11:35 PM

    NYC Winter JazzFest Readies for Anything

    If COVID cooperates, there will be a live New York City Winter JazzFest, and it will be spectacular.

    Scheduled for…

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    Wayne Shorter and Don Was discuss uncovered Art Blakey music on First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.

    News, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey

    Dec 14, 2021 10:51 AM

    Wayne Shorter Talks Art Blakey

    In a surprise interview, composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat down with Don Was, president of Blue Note Records,…

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    Barry Harris was an extraordinary jazz pianist and a devoted keeper of the bebop flame.

    News, Barry Harris

    Dec 14, 2021 10:49 AM

    In Memoriam: Barry Harris, 1929–2021

    Pianist Barry Harris, an NEA Jazz Master who devoted his life to playing bebop and teaching the language of…

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    Greg Tate not only wrote about music and culture, he became an active participant, too.

    News, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber

    Dec 14, 2021 10:44 AM

    In Memoriam: Greg Tate 1957–2021

    The death of cultural critic and practitioner Greg Tate in New York City on Dec. 7 unexpectedly cut short the career of…

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