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    The performers in Angel Bat Dawid’s Cosmic Love Arkestra include elders of the Chicago jazz scene, who the composer said “are very important to me.”

    Interview, News, Angel Bat Dawid

    Apr 16, 2018 11:00 AM

    Angel Bat Dawid Reaches for the Cosmos with Opera

    A new “cosmic love opera” based on the biblical Song Of Solomon and featuring legendary free-jazz musicians is set…

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    Cecil Taylor—shown here performing in Cologne, Germany, in 1987—died April 5. He was 89.

    Interview, News, Cecil Taylor, Vijay Iyer, Biggi Vinkeloe, William Parker, Obituary

    Apr 13, 2018 1:30 PM

    In Memoriam: Cecil Taylor

    Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…

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    When visiting Cerreto Sannita, the village in Italy where his grandfather grew up, guitarist Al Di Meola was greeted with a celebratory dinner in his honor.

    Interview, News, Al Di Meola

    Apr 12, 2018 10:51 AM

    Q&A with Al Di Meola: In a Good Place

    As he approaches his 64th birthday in July, guitarist Al Di Meola remains a road warrior.

    Last fall, he went out…

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    Tutu Puoane had to be convinced to take on We Have A Dream, a project on which she interprets socially conscious compositions alongside the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.

    Interview, News, Tutu Puoane

    Apr 10, 2018 6:07 PM

    Q&A with Tutu Puoane: ‘Aware of the World’

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just an American figure, he was an international hero.

    His burning advocacy for…

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    Pianist Yelena Eckemoff said her “task as a composer is to provide comprehensive music material to musicians who can both read and improvise.”

    Interview, News, Yelena Eckemoff

    Apr 10, 2018 9:16 AM

    Q&A with Yelena Eckemoff: Crafting Intimate Music

    Yelena Eckemoff is a Russia-born pianist whose idiosyncratic jazz albums speak to a classical sensibility, a taste for…

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    Saxophonist Philipp Gropper works in many disparate contexts, playing in bands led by vibrant German musicians, including bassist Pablo Held and fellow saxophonist Wanja Slavin, in addition to co-leading the electro-acoustic foursome Tau.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine, European Scene, Philipp Gropper

    Apr 4, 2018 4:38 PM

    European Scene: Philipp Gropper Wants to Go Deeper

    Few cities in Europe today are more cosmopolitan than Berlin.

    During the past few decades, the city has attracted a…

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    The trio Norma Winstone (left) leads—which includes Glauco Benier and Klaus Gesing—has been augmented by a pair of supplemental players for the ECM album Descansado—Songs For Film.

    Interview, News, Norma Winstone, Kenny Wheeler

    Apr 3, 2018 6:12 PM

    Q&A with Norma Winstone: The Consummate Voice

    Singer Norma Winstone is without peers when it comes to the chamber-jazz aesthetic. Emerging from the London scene of…

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    In 2018, pianist Matthew Shipp has issued a pair of albums on ESP-Disk, as well as a three-album set alongside saxophonist Ivo Perelman and a live recording with bassist William Parker.

    Interview, News, Matthew Shipp, William Parker

    Mar 30, 2018 9:00 AM

    Q&A with Matthew Shipp: ‘Out of Nothingness’

    Pianist Matthew Shipp has opened 2018 with a pair of new albums that mark his debut as a leader on ESP-Disk, where he…

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    The album United We Swing features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of guests, including Willie Nelson (left).

    Interview, News, Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Carrie Smith, Bob Dylan, John Legend

    Mar 28, 2018 9:32 AM

    Marsalis, Guests Explore the Blues

    The blues is the lingua franca on United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine), a new…

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    Guitarist Lionel Loueke says he’s frequently struck by inspiration while flying. He doesn’t know why.

    Interview, News, Lionel Loueke

    Mar 28, 2018 9:00 AM

    Q&A with Guitarist Lionel Loueke: Signature Sound

    Lionel Loueke is a world-renowned guitarist who has forged a reputation for a unique fusion of music, comprising sounds…

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