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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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    The Beats & Pieces Big Band is set to play the European Jazz Meeting showcase at jazzahead!

    News, The Beats & Pieces Big Band

    Feb 28, 2018 12:23 PM

    jazzahead! Spotlights Continental Talent at European Jazz Meeting

    As a part of jazzahead!, a Bremen, Germany, festival, 16 acts will be showcased April 20 as part of the European Jazz…

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    Pianist Ethan Iverson played Geri Allen’s “For John Malachi” at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre during the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.

    Live, News, Geri Allen, Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tigran Hamasyan

    Feb 28, 2018 9:00 AM

    Pianists Recall Geri Allen’s Legacy at the Biamp PDX Festival

    In the past, the folks behind the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival have booked their annual event around a theme. In 2009, it…

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    Drummer Tony Allen has claimed to be able to play a different time signature with each limb simultaneously.

    Interview, News, Tony Allen

    Feb 27, 2018 9:56 AM

    Tony Allen Reaches Beyond Afrobeat, Jazz

    Tony Allen has one of the most recognizable drum sounds on the planet. His polyrhythmic style, which combines swing,…

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    Antonio Sánchez accompanied the film Birdman at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Feb. 16 with a display of solo drumming that he composed as the movie’s score.

    Live, News, Antonio Sánchez

    Feb 26, 2018 11:20 AM

    Antonio Sánchez Performs ‘Birdman’ Score at UCLA

    The incidence of screening films along with live musical performances—onstage or in an orchestra pit—is nothing…

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