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    Aruán Ortiz (left), Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera perform together on Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt).

    News, From the Magazine

    May 7, 2020 9:00 AM

    This Batch of Albums Investigates Piano-Led Ensembles

    Pianist Aruán Ortiz recalls the cacophony of ritmas that pervaded his childhood in Santiago de Cuba on Inside Rhythmic…

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    Pianist Fred Hersch is using Patreon, a donation-based platform, to roll out a new concert series.

    News

    May 6, 2020 2:27 PM

    Pianist To Debut ‘Fred Hersch At Home’ Performance Series

    Pianist Fred Hersch has remained busy, despite the pandemic.

    In March, he made sure fans knew The Ballad of Fred…

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    Saxophonist ​Kamasi Washington worked with director Nadia Hallgren to score the film Becoming, a Netflix documentary chronicling the life of former First Lady Michelle Obama.

    News

    May 6, 2020 2:02 PM

    Kamasi Washington Contributes Score To ‘Becoming,’ The Michelle Obama Netflix Documentary

    Becoming—the Netflix documentary chronicling the recent book tour of former First Lady Michelle Obama—is out today…

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    Dave Liebman’s Earth caps a series of albums inspired by natural elements.

    News, From the Magazine

    May 6, 2020 8:15 AM

    Dave Liebman Manifests The Elements

    After 37 years of living in the bucolic scenery of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, a stone’s throw from the Deer Head Inn…

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    News

    May 5, 2020 8:22 AM

    Musicians On How To Cultivate Creativity Amid The Pandemic

    If Ethan Iverson’s able to draw on an interest in TV themes, there’s potentially a way for anyone stuck at home to…

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    While on lockdown in New York, pianist Ethan Iverson has used classic TV themes as a springboard for creativity.

    News

    May 5, 2020 8:04 AM

    How Ethan Iverson Fosters Creativity During The Pandemic

    Ethan Iverson is almost as good at Twitter as he is at piano.

    Whether folks have come to his music through recent…

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    Richie Cole (1948–2020)

    May 4, 2020 4:40 PM

    Saxophonist Richie Cole Dies At 72

    Richie Cole, a renowned saxophonist who was championed by DownBeat early in his career and whose passion for bebop-era…

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    Marc Ribot is on the steering committee of the Music Workers Alliance, which is fighting to protect musicians’ rights.

    News

    May 4, 2020 8:41 AM

    Pandemic Spurs Marc Ribot, Music Workers Alliance To Demand Economic Fairness

    Within 24 hours of the World Health Organization’s March 11 announcement that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic,…

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    Wayne Escoffery revisits part of his childhood on The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions).

    News

    May 1, 2020 8:26 AM

    Wayne Escoffery On Yale, Repertoire And Humble Warriors

    On his latest album, The Humble Warrior, Wayne Escoffery did something rather unusual for a jazz artist: He devoted…

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    Tony Allen (1940–2020)

    News

    Apr 30, 2020 8:51 PM

    Tony Allen, The Drummer Who Defined Afrobeat’s Rhythm, Dies At 79

    ​Tony Allen, whose lean polyrhythms propelled Fela Kuti’s various ensembles and helped form a foundation for…

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