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    Steve Gadd performs June 27, the opening night of International Festival de Jazz de Montreal.

    Live, News

    Jul 8, 2019 9:00 AM

    A Chapter Closes at Montreal Festival as Ménard Departs

    In 1979, Montreal’s warmer months weren’t exactly vibrant.

    “Summer was very quiet here,” recalled jazz…

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    João Gilberto (1931–2019)

    News

    Jul 7, 2019 9:29 AM

    João Gilberto, the Voice of Bossa Nova, Dies at 88

    João Gilberto, whose serene, intimate vocals and gently insistent guitar playing made him the archetypal voice of…

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    Jesse Sheppard (left) and Drew Gardner

    News, From the Magazine

    Jul 5, 2019 9:00 AM

    Elkhorn Twists Up Psychedelia and Folk

    You might not think guitar music informed by the psychedelic ‘60s and folk traditions originating a century or more…

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    Philadelphia’s Sounds Of Liberation

    News, From the Magazine

    Jul 4, 2019 9:00 AM

    Lost Gems and Melancholia: Sounds Of Liberation, Dorothy Ashby, Andy Bey

    Pianist Jack Wilson unfortunately is known better for his famous protégé, vibist Roy Ayers—whom he first met when…

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    Maja S. K. Ratkje uses Knut Hamsun’s novel Sult as a starting point for her latest recording.

    News, From the Magazine

    Jul 3, 2019 9:00 AM

    Maja S. K. Ratkje, Fumi Tomita Interpret Works of Literature

    Artistic disciplines inform one another, cross-pollinating inspiration and conception. In recent years, poetry has…

  • DennyZeitlin_creditJosephineZeitlinWEB.jpg

    Gravitating toward intimacy, pianist Denny Zeitlin rarely has worked with horns since his 1963 debut with flutist Jeremy Steig.

    Interview, News

    Jul 2, 2019 9:16 AM

    Denny Zeitlin’s Solo Miles Davis Tribute Balances Art and Pop

    Miles Davis’ legacy is complex and elusive. Like Picasso, the trumpeter encompasses multitudes, mirrors infinite…

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    ​Stephanie Chou performs March 29 at Joe’s Pub in New York.

    News, From the Magazine

    Jul 1, 2019 9:00 AM

    Stephanie Chou’s Suite Examines Dark History

    Even though she excelled as a math major at Columbia University, Stephanie Chou had already looked ahead to a saxophone…

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    The concept for Sarathy Korwar’s More Arriving, set for release July 26, began with a desire to collaborate with MCs in India.

    Interview, News

    Jun 28, 2019 9:00 AM

    What Sarathy Korwar Values in Music

    A desire to reinterpret South Asian music traditions for the modern era courses through Sarathy Korwar’s music.

    …

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    John Zorn performs his Hermetic Organ piece earlier in June at Jazz Festival Ljubljana, an event that unspooled 14 sets of the composer’s Bagatelles rendered by various New York musicians.

    Live, News

    Jun 27, 2019 10:43 AM

    Zorn-centric Marathon Unfolds at Jazz Festival Ljubljana

    Jazz Festival Ljubljana owns the distinction of being Europe’s oldest continuously run jazz festival—originally…

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    Vocalist/pianist Eliane Elias follows up last year’s Music From The Man Of La Mancha with Love Stories, due out Aug. 30.

    News, First Listen

    Jun 27, 2019 9:20 AM

    Premiere: Hear a Tune From Eliane Elias’ Upcoming Album, ‘Love Stories’

    Pinging among jazz, Brazilian and classical music, Eliane Elias has been stitching personalized details into recordings…

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