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    Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller recently issued a pair of recordings: an exploration of Krzysztof Komeda’s work and Five Below Live.

    Interview, News, Andrea Keller, Krzysztof Komeda

    Dec 27, 2018 9:00 AM

    The Restless Inventiveness of Andrea Keller

    Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller creates jazz in its broadest sense—as an improvised music. During…

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    Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

    News, Eddie C. Campbell, Ndugu Chancler, Eddy Clearwater, Bob Dorough, Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Hugh Masekela, Randy Weston, Nancy Wilson, Otis Rush, Tomasz Stańko, Cecil Taylor

    Dec 26, 2018 9:00 AM

    Artists We Lost in 2018

    From jazz trumpeters and blues guitarists to genre-defining soul singers and avant-garde soothsayers, DownBeat presents…

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    Drummer Billy Martin (left), keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chris Wood all have recording projects outside of their trio.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine, Medeski Martin & Wood

    Dec 21, 2018 9:00 AM

    Medeski Martin & Wood Enter the ‘Omnisphere’

    Medeski Martin & Wood’s new album offers a summation of the group’s purpose three decades into its unconventional…

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    Josh Johnson (left), Alex Boneham, Jay Bellerose and Jeff Parker perform at ETA in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood.

    Interview, News, Anna Butterss, Jeff Parker, Kamasi Washington, Josh Johnson, John Beasley, Ben Wendel, Makaya McCraven, Paul Cornish, Martin Diller, Holophonor, Dwight Trible

    Dec 20, 2018 9:00 AM

    Despite Growing Pains, L.A. Jazz Scene Blossoms

    When bassist Anna Butterss moved to Los Angeles in 2014, her plan was to stay for no more than a year. Her main draw to…

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    Barry Guy performed on Louisiana Variations, Syllogistic Moments and Sidereus Nuncius: The Starry Messenger, each released in 2018.

    Interview, News, Barry Guy, Peter Evans, Evan Parker

    Dec 19, 2018 9:45 AM

    Bassist Barry Guy on Improvisation, His Busy Year and Galileo

    Now in his seventh decade, London-born bassist and composer Barry Guy has been a prolific and hugely influential…

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    Joel Ross (left), Harish Raghavan, Matthew Stevens, Walter Smith III and Marcus Gilmore have a new album on Whirlwind.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine, In Common, Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Marcus Gilmore, Harish Raghavan, Joel Ross

    Dec 18, 2018 9:00 AM

    In Common Leans on Old-Fashioned Virtues

    In Common, a newly formed quintet, had only a day-and-a-half to record its debut album. So, the co-leaders—tenor…

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    Recordings that make up Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions sat in a Long Island home, untouched, for decades.

    News, From the Magazine, Eric Dolphy, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Geri Allen, John Coltrane

    Dec 17, 2018 9:00 AM

    Eric Dolphy: The ‘Prophet’ of Freedom

    Whether he was wielding his alto saxophone, flute or bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy was a godsend to the cadre of musicians…

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    Nancy Wilson (1937–2018)

    News, Nancy Wilson, Obituary

    Dec 14, 2018 10:31 AM

    In Memoriam: Jazz Singer Nancy Wilson

    Jazz and r&b vocalist Nancy Wilson has died, according to a statement from her manager. Devra Hall Levy told the…

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    Ralph Peterson teaches at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

    News, From the Magazine, Ralph Peterson

    Dec 13, 2018 9:00 AM

    Ralph Peterson: ‘The Music is Why I’m Here’

    On a hot August afternoon in Boston, Ralph Peterson greets an incoming class of freshmen for orientation week at…

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    The Bowman Trio

    News, Review, From the Magazine, Otis Sandsjö, Alder Ego, The Bowman Trio, Black Motor, Jaska Lukkarinen Trio

    Dec 12, 2018 9:00 AM

    Helsinki’s We Jazz Label on Unique Terrain

    Scandinavian jazz is its own thing. Affective, free-spirited and daringly improvisational. Finnish jazz, a vibrant…

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