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    The big band cause was in-house at jazzahead! this year, including impressive work by the Dutch leader/composer/pianist Kathrine Windfeld.

    News, Lina Allemano, Steph Richards, Malika Tirolien, Silvervest, François Carrier, Michel Lambert, John Edwards, Clara Haberkamp, Kathrine Windfeld, Fuchstone Orchestra, Eva Pöpplein, Filipa Gojo, Matteo Mancuso, Keno Harriehausen Quartet, Vadim Neselovskyi, Melissa Aldana

    May 9, 2022 2:44 PM

    jazzahead! Conference Rebirths in Bremen

    When it comes to major, all-purpose jazz conference/festivals across the Atlantic, all roads have led to Bremen for the…

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    “I want to be able to get things out quicker, where what I’m releasing is closer to what I’m actually working on,” Grdina said.

    News, Gordon Grdina

    May 9, 2022 2:32 PM

    Gordon Grdina: The Artist as Label Head

    Vancouver-born guitarist Gordon Grdina remembers the moment, at age 13, that he first heard the sound of the Middle…

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    “To me, rhythm is not the notes; it’s the space between the notes,” the 25-year-old Flood explained.

    News, Alexander Flood

    May 9, 2022 2:27 PM

    Alexander Flood: From Australia with Drums

    Miles Davis famously advised: “Don’t play what is there, play what is not there.” Alexander Flood incorporates…

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    O’Connell said, “Jazz combined the sophistication I was looking for in music with the earth and the swing. I was determined to pursue it and develop myself as a jazz pianist.”

    News, Bill O’Connell

    May 9, 2022 2:09 PM

    Bill O’Connell’s Hope for Change

    Best known as an inspired hybridizer of modernist jazz and Afrodiasporic idioms as an improviser and composer, Bill…

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    Bassist-composer Ron Carter turns 85 on May 4.

    Interview, Ron Carter

    May 3, 2022 12:38 PM

    Ron Carter Reminisces on the Eve of 85th Gala

    On May 10, the iconic bassist-composer Ron Carter will be fêted in an 85th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. With…

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    Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones is only the second work by a Black composer to be featured at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

    Live, Terence Blanchard

    May 3, 2022 11:59 AM

    Blanchard Opera ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’ Confronts Issues of Abuse

    If the goal of the Lyric Opera of Chicago was to attract a more diverse crowd by programming jazz composer/trumpeter…

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    The collective Snarky Puppy will perform music from their upcoming album during this year’s GroundUP Music Festival.

    Live, Snarky Puppy, Eric Harland, Cory Henry, Antonio Sánchez, Thana Alexa

    May 3, 2022 11:50 AM

    GroundUP Reveals Dynamic Festival Lineup

    The fifth annual GroundUP Music Festival, set to take place May 6–8 at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach,…

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    Mats Gustafsson is scheduled to perform at the Festival du Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, which is set to resume operations May 18–22 in an almost back-to-normal fashion.

    Live

    May 3, 2022 11:45 AM

    Victoriaville Goes Live, Again, from the Edge

    Like virtually every other jazz festival in the world, the venerable, adventure-leaning FIMAV festival in…

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    ​Trombonist Craig Harris of New York is among this year’s class of JJA Jazz Heroes.

    News

    May 3, 2022 11:39 AM

    JJA Announces 2022 Jazz Heroes, Debuts ‘The Buzz’ Podcast

    The Jazz Journalists Association has announced its 2022 class of Jazz Heroes — 28 activists and advocates from 26…

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    Charles Lloyd and the Marvels performing at Jazz Middelheim in Belgium.

    News

    Apr 28, 2022 5:42 PM

    Jazz Festivals – What a Difference a Year Makes

    This year’s summer jazz festival season is cause for special, and excessive, celebration. The entire jazz ecosystem…

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