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    Drummer Sasha Mashin recently issued his leader debut on the newly founded Rainy Days Records.

    Interview, News

    Jun 29, 2018 9:00 AM

    Drummer Sasha Mashin Debuts as a Leader, Co-Founds Rainy Days Imprint

    The Moscow jazz scene marks its 95th anniversary this year and currently is potent enough to sustain four jazz clubs…

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    South African bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta recently issued The Evolution Of An Undefined (Self Release), a follow-up to his 2015 debut as a leader.

    Interview, News

    Jun 28, 2018 9:00 AM

    A Move to Johannesburg Changed Benjamin Jephta’s Writing

    “I grew up in the church. My dad was not a pastor, but he played a vital role there; I guess you can say that he was…

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    Ben Paterson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, receives a first-place prize of $25,000, at the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition, which was held at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on June 22 and 23. With the pianist is Jason Marsalis (left), Ellis Marsalis and the Nu Jazz Agency’s Jerald Miller.

    News, Review

    Jun 27, 2018 12:15 PM

    Philadelphia’s Ben Paterson Wins Inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition

    Ben Paterson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the winner of the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano…

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    Geri Allen in 1979

    Interview, News

    Jun 27, 2018 9:00 AM

    A Year After Geri Allen’s Death, a Tribute from Howard University

    A year after pianist, composer, bandleader and teacher Geri Allen died of cancer on June 27, 2017, innumerable tributes…

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    On Kuba Więcek’s debut, Another Raindrop, listeners can find influences as far flung as the trip-hop feel of Massive Attack and folkloric dance rhythms.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine, European Scene

    Jun 27, 2018 8:59 AM

    Polish Jazz, Worldwide

    In May 2015, Warner Music Group acquired the massive catalog of Polskie Nagrania, the old state-run Polish label of the…

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    Pianist Monica Dominique is featured on a box set that anthologizes Swedish jazz between 1970 and 1979.

    News, Review, From the Magazine, European Scene

    Jun 26, 2018 9:00 AM

    Swedish Jazz, Excavated

    Two decades ago, the Swedish state-run label Caprice Records launched a remarkably inclusive series intended to…

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    Pianist Vijay Iyer topped two categories in the DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Artist and Jazz Group (for the Vijay Iyer Sextet).

    News

    Jun 25, 2018 10:24 PM

    DownBeat Announces Winners of the 2018 Int’l Critics Poll

    Pianist Vijay Iyer, singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant, flutist Nicole Mitchell, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar,…

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    Pharoah Sanders performs June 10 at City Winery during the DC Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.

    News, Review

    Jun 25, 2018 9:00 AM

    DC Jazz Festival Reaches New Peak with Sanders, Carrington

    Since its founding in 2005, the DC Jazz Festival has pursued an expansive vision: not just in terms of musical styles,…

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    ​Gregory Agid is based in New Orleans.

    Interview, News, From the Magazine

    Jun 25, 2018 9:00 AM

    Gregory Agid Chases an Idealistic Goal

    After recording spirited takes on jazz standards like “Caravan” and “In A Sentimental Mood,” as well as some…

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    Guitarist Ximo Tébar has a new disc, Con Alma & United, set for release on Warner Music Spain.

    Interview, News

    Jun 22, 2018 9:00 AM

    Ximo Tébar Looks Beyond American, Mediterranean Music

    For the past 15 years, New York has been virtuoso guitarist Ximo Tébar’s home away from home. The lifelong resident…

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