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    George Benson’s latest album was recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s in London.

    News, George Benson

    Dec 11, 2020 8:48 AM

    George Benson Innovates, Crafts Pop Hits

    As an 8-year-old busker, George Benson boasted a big voice and a broken-down ukulele that he wielded with prodigious…

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    Saxophonist Archie Shepp (left) and pianist Jason Moran recorded a series of duets in 2017 and 2018 that are being released as Let My People Go.

    News, First Listen, Archie Shepp, Jason Moran

    Dec 10, 2020 9:49 AM

    Archie Shepp, Jason Moran Announce ‘Let My People Go’ Album

    ​A pair of generation-defining performers announced their first collaborative album.

    Saxophonist Archie Shepp and…

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    Lee Konitz (1927–2020) was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 2015.

    News, From the Magazine, Lee Konitz

    Dec 10, 2020 8:52 AM

    Lee Konitz ‘Always Pursued Truth’

    A week after his 90th birthday in October 2017, Lee Konitz—who died at 92 on April 15—recorded his final album, Old…

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    Black Artists’ Group members Charles “Bobo” Shaw (left), Joseph Bowie, Floyd LeFlore, Baikida Carroll and Oliver Lake

    News, Black Artists’ Group, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett

    Dec 9, 2020 10:17 AM

    New Documentary Chronicles Black Artists’ Group Of The ’60s

    Bryan Dematteis’ new documentary, The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis: Creation Equals Movement, debuted in…

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    Alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album is titled Omega.

    News, From the Magazine, Immanuel Wilkins

    Dec 9, 2020 8:56 AM

    Immanuel Wilkins Speaks To Black Experience In America

    Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album, Omega (Blue Note), marks the emergence of a talented young instrumentalist, composer…

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    A four-disc Charles Mingus set is a highlight of our seasonal shopping guide for music fanatics.

    News, From the Magazine, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Mary Lou Williams, Warren Wolf

    Dec 8, 2020 8:46 AM

    The DownBeat 2020 Gift Guide

    If you’re shopping for gifts this holiday season, DownBeat has got you covered with our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide.

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    Jamie Cullum’s new holiday album, The Pianoman At Christmas, features 10 original compositions.

    News, Jamie Cullum, Down For The Count, David Garfield, Lauren Henderson, Gabriel Latchin Trio, Peggy Lee, Luke McMaster, Ben Sutin Quartet, Amber Weekes, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Smith, Ramsey Lewis, Kenny Burrell, Various Artists

    Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    Yuletide Music Roundup For 2020

    As the year 2020 draws to a close, music fans have a bevy of new releases from which to choose to help them celebrate…

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    Mary Lou Williams’ long, fruitful career is lovingly chronicled by Tammy L. Kernodle in Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, which has been published in paperback for the first time.

    News, From the Magazine, Mary Lou Williams

    Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    Mary Lou Williams, Writ Large

    Mary Lou Williams was an idiosyncratic composer, arranger and pianist whose 60-plus-year career remains ruthlessly hard…

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    Recordings of Charles Mingus’ 1964 and 1975 performances in Bremen, Germany, represent two very different periods of the bandleader’s career.

    News, From the Magazine, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy

    Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    Charles Mingus Abroad

    Charles Mingus—rightly or wrongly—is frequently characterized as a wildly inventive but frustrated composer, caught…

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    Kevin Whitehead recently published Play the Way You Feel: The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film.

    News, From the Magazine, Kevin Whitehead

    Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    Kevin Whitehead Explores Jazz Cinema

    In 1991, a panel of jazz musicians faced an audience of fans eager with questions. One fan cited a cluster of movies—…

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