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    Vibraphonist Behn Gillece is, by nature, eclectic, counting drummer/vibraphonist Joe Chambers, pianist Cedar Walton and guitarist Steve Giordano as his composer’s trifecta.

    News, From the Magazine, Behn Gillece, Rudy Royston, Art Hirahara

    Apr 5, 2019 9:00 AM

    Vibraphonist Behn Gillece Explores a ‘Parallel Universe’

    Parallel Universe, the fourth album by New Jersey-based vibraphonist and composer Behn Gillece, blasts out of the gate…

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    Lewis Porter, whose new album is titled Solo Piano, is in a prolific phase of his career.

    News, From the Magazine, Lewis Porter, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn

    Apr 4, 2019 9:00 AM

    Pianist Lewis Porter Truly Goes Solo

    After flirting with a career in psychology, Lewis Porter, the jazz educator and pianist, turned to music full time…

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    A sense of unrealized creativity led Dr. Mark Lomax II to devise the 12-album set 400: An Afrikan Epic.

    News, From the Magazine, Dr. Mark Lomax II

    Apr 3, 2019 9:00 AM

    Drummer Dr. Mark Lomax II Examines the Past 400 Years

    Music born of the African Diaspora is ever-present in the mind of Dr. Mark Lomax II, an Ohio scholar, drummer and…

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    During two decades of performing at Tipitina’s, members of Galactic have amassed an abundance of memories tied to the historic New Orleans venue.

    News, From the Magazine, Galactic

    Apr 2, 2019 9:00 AM

    Galactic Takes Over Historic New Orleans Venue Tipitina’s

    Last fall, the members of New Orleans funk band Galactic signed paperwork to buy the historic Uptown music club…

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    Among his numerous projects, Noah Preminger has written and recorded music based on the films of a distant relative, director Otto Preminger.

    News, From the Magazine, Noah Preminger

    Apr 1, 2019 9:00 AM

    Noah Preminger in Perpetual Motion

    Concept albums help an artist establish an identity. They’re more than a mere exercise in composing songs as vehicles…

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    Berlin-based pianist Håvard Wiik has mastered a stylistic hodgepodge on three recent recordings.

    Interview, News, Håvard Wiik, Atomic, Ken Vandermark, Joshua Abrams

    Mar 29, 2019 10:42 AM

    Håvard Wiik Leans Into Nordic Tradition with Atomic

    Atomic, a tirelessly creative free-bop quintet, has carved out a niche in the Nordic jazz scene.

    At the center of…

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    Songs Of Our Native Daughters—a collaborative set from Rhiannon Giddens (left), Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla and Amythyst Kiah—pushes back against expectations of American folk music, setting the record straight with a powerful quartet of black women who play banjos, fiddles and acoustic guitars.

    News, From the Magazine, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell

    Mar 29, 2019 9:00 AM

    ‘Songs Of Our Native Daughters’ Gives Ancestors Voice

    When she sings certain songs, Rhiannon Giddens feels herself become an oracle. The medium her messengers speak through…

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    Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martinez perform at New York’s SubCulture during Winter Jazzfest in January.

    News, From the Magazine, Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martinez, Alfredo Rodríguez, Pedrito Martinez, Quincy Jones

    Mar 28, 2019 9:00 AM

    The Brotherhood of Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martinez

    On Jan. 5—four days after the 60th anniversary of the revolution in Cuba—two sons of that island nation, Alfredo…

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    Melissa Aldana says that Visions connects her work “to the legacy of Latina artists who have come before me.”

    News, Melissa Aldana, Joel Ross

    Mar 28, 2019 8:55 AM

    Premiere: Hear the Title Track from Melissa Aldana’s Upcoming Motéma Album, ‘Visions’

    Drawn from a 2018 Jazz Gallery commission inspired by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, saxophonist and bandleader…

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    Artistic co-director Herbie Hancock speaks during the 2018 International Jazz Day in St. Petersburg, Russia.

    News, Herbie Hancock

    Mar 27, 2019 11:25 AM

    International Jazz Day Set for Australia

    ​For two days in Melbourne, Australia, during April, International Jazz Day will celebrate the genre’s worldwide…

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