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    Guitarist Mary Halvorson (left) and cellist Tomeka Reid perform as part of Taylor Ho Bynum’s 9-tette at a Hartford, Connecticut, show on March 2.

    Live, News, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson, Tomeka Reid

    Mar 9, 2018 9:13 AM

    Taylor Ho Bynum Presents a New, Hour-Long Suite in Hartford

    New Haven-based cornetist-composer Taylor Ho Bynum brought his 9-tette to Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut, on…

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    Drummer Eric McPherson (left), pianist Fred Hersch and bassist John Hébert are set to release Live in Europe on Palmetto Records.

    News, First Listen, Fred Hersch

    Mar 9, 2018 9:00 AM

    Premiere: Hear a New Track from Fred Hersch’s ‘Live in Europe’

    Pianist Fred Hersch and his trio have a new disc, Live in Europe, set for release May 11 on Palmetto Records. Take a…

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    Improvising cellist Okkyung Lee is scheduled to play in a variety of different settings at the upcoming Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.

    News, Okkyung Lee, Milford Graves, Roscoe Mitchell, Béla Fleck, Nels Cline, Evan Parker, Jenny Scheinman, Alice Coltrane, Anoushka Shankar, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jason Moran, Mary Halvorson, Ron Miles, Tyshawn Sorey

    Mar 8, 2018 8:00 AM

    Big Ears Announces Full 2018 Lineup

    The Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, is set to return March 22-25 with performances by jazz luminaries like…

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    Pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement’s fifth leader album is titled Tandem (Origin).

    News, Dawn Clement

    Mar 7, 2018 5:39 PM

    Clement Crafts Duos Disc

    Last fall, when Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival invited pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement to serve as…

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    Kurt Elling’s upcoming album, The Questions, features songs combining the singer’s own writing with well-known poems.

    News, First Listen, Kurt Elling, Branford Marsalis, Marquis Hill

    Mar 7, 2018 9:00 AM

    Premiere: Hear a Track from Kurt Elling’s ‘The Questions’

    Vocalist Kurt Elling has a new disc, The Questions, slated for release March 23 on the OKeh imprint. Today, he debuts…

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    Sexmob’s debut, Den Of Inequity, is two decades old. And now, Steven Bernstein’s troupe is set to issue new work, Cultural Capital, on April 14.

    Interview, News, Steven Bernstein, Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob, The Bad Plus

    Mar 6, 2018 9:07 AM

    Q&A with Steven Bernstein: On Respectability

    Two decades ago, slide trumpeter, composer and bandleader Steven Bernstein caused some members of the jazz community to…

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    Spoken word artist Saul Williams contributed to David Murray’s Blues For Memo (Motéma).

    News, Saul Williams, David Murray

    Mar 2, 2018 10:44 AM

    Saul Williams Bridges Worlds of Jazz, Spoken Word and Hip-Hop

    For those introduced to hip-hop during the mid-to-late ’90s, listeners heard slam poet laureate Saul Williams…

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    Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan included only one cover on her recently released sophomore album, We Are.

    News, First Listen, Alina Engibaryan, Michael League, Chris Potter, Kendrick Scott

    Mar 1, 2018 12:29 PM

    Premiere: Hear a New Track From Vocalist Alina Engibaryan

    Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan recently issued We Are on Feb. 16. And today, she debuts a video for a live…

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    Organist Cory Henry is set for a residency at Columbia College Chicago, which will coincide with the school’s Deep Dish Music Festival.

    News, Russell Gunn, Cory Henry

    Mar 1, 2018 12:16 PM

    Columbia College Deep Dish Festival Includes Cory Henry Workshop, Performance

    Columbia College Chicago has its Deep Dish Music Festival set for March 9.

    Coinciding with the event will be a…

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    The relationships bassist Martin Wind forged with the two disparate groups that perform on his Light Blue reach back decades.

    Interview, News, Martin Wind

    Mar 1, 2018 10:00 AM

    Bassist Martin Wind Foregrounds Melody on ‘Light Blue’

    Bassist and composer Martin Wind sees Light Blue (Laika), his newest and 11th disc, as a two-in-one project. That…

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