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    “Hope is important, and it always shows up in my music,” Mitchell said.

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    “I’ve always felt good about social commentary,” says singer ​Billy Valentine.

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    New York City shaped the motifs that run throughout Basquiat’s work. Shown here are his pieces King Zulu (left) and Dog Bite/Ax to Grind.

    The Musical World of Basquiat

    Jean-Michel Basquiat’s bold and challenging images have gone from their origins in the streets of New York to…

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    Branch’s music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique.

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    “People gave me so much in this business, I just want to give something back,” Bob Stroger said about playing with younger musicians.

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    “A lot of people came through this group, which blew their minds in a way that there was no turning back,” vocalist Dwight Trible said.

    The Peoples Arkestra Speaks Out

    When pianist Horace Tapscott saw a need for more performance opportunities in Los Angeles in 1961, he created the Pan…

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    “I’ve always been into the zodiac and the truth that’s within it, but during this pandemic, we all had to time and space to do that,” Hill said.

    Marquis Hill: Pushing Forward

    Trumpeter Marquis Hill speaks in quietly determined tones. Through a Zoom 
conversation from his college office in…

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    Charlie Sepúlveda is planning to restart the Luquillo Beach Jazz Festival on a larger scale.

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    Artifacts, from left: Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid, at Estrada Poznanska in Poland.

    Finding Artifacts

    Back in January 2021, the world was in deep lockdown and the jazz trio Artifacts performed a concert to a nearly empty…

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    Darius Jones returns with public-spirited determination.

    Darius Jones Renews His Voice

    About five years ago, Darius Jones decided to take a break. At the time, the New York-based saxophonist found himself…

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    Keyboard legend Doug Carn

    Doug Carn’s Big Moment

    After almost 50 years, organist Doug Carn is having one of his biggest moments. A series of albums he recorded in the…

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    Tomeka Reid (right) is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.

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    Jimmy Cobb (left), Joe Segal and former DownBeat editor Dan Morgenstern appear at a NEA Jazz Masters awards luncheon on April 20, 2015, in New York.

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    ​Aaron Parks returns for a second album alongside his Little Big ensemble. Little Big II: Dreams Of A Mechanical Man (Ropeadope) is due out May 8.

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    Goran Ivanovic (left) and Fareed Haque combine myriad idioms within jazz improvisation for IndoBalkan (Delmark).

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    Drummer Jeremy Cunningham enlisted Jeff Parker, Jaimie Branch, Makaya McCraven and others to play on his new album.

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    Two releases serve as reminders of how drummer Buddy Rich and saxophonist Fred Anderson stayed sharp and productive in the latter part of their careers.

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    The University of Wisconsin’s Summer Music Clinic hosts middle- and high-school students.

    UW Clinic Fosters Musical Growth

    Now in its 91st year, the University of Wisconsin’s Summer Music Clinic in Madison has established a history of…

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    Hank Mobley (1930–1986)

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    Daniel Weltlinger plays his grandfather’s violin on Szolnok, an album detailing the journey Zoltan Fischmann undertook to escape oppression and religious intolerance during the 20th century.

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    Tony Bennett performs Friday, June 21 at Ravinia. It was the singer’s 40th performance at the Highland Park, Illinois, venue.

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    René Marie (foreground) performs with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Jeff Lindberg, in Chicago on March 29.

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    Chicago percussionist and bandleader Kahil El’Zabar has a pair of recordings slated for release on Spiritmuse, a new UK imprint.

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    Seeing guitarist Jeff Parker perform sparked new ideas for drummer Makaya McCraven.

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    Multi-reedist and educator Greg Fishman has published three volumes of his Jazz Saxophone Etudes series.

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    Singer Lizz Wright moved to Chicago in 2017 to serve on the board of the Little Black Pearl Art & Design Academy, which offers arts education and technical training courses in the Kenwood neighborhood on the city’s South Side.

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    Singer Angélique Kidjo performs portions of Talking Heads’ Remain In Light on Aug. 6 at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois.

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    Nellie McKay plays several instruments on her new album, including piano, ukulele, harmonica and cello.

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    Chicago pianist Charles Joseph Smith says War Of The Martian Ghosts, which he began composing in the ’90s, was inspired by saxophonist Caroline Davis, the film Mars Attacks! and techniques of minimalist composers.

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    Bettye LaVette interprets 12 Bob Dylan songs on her album Things Have Changed.

    Bettye LaVette Revamps Dylan Tunes

    A few years ago, singer Bettye LaVette was backstage at a festival in Italy and found herself walking about 50 feet…

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    ​Vocalist Fay Claassen doesn’t have any immediate plans to tour the States, but says there’s “a very modern, free scene” in Germany.

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    Drummer Makaya McCraven has a new leader album, Highly Rare.

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    Vocalist Mavis Staples’ new album is titled If All I Was Was Black.

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    In the spotlight: Tony Bennett at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, on Aug. 4

    Bennett Soars in Familiar Setting

    Just after Tony Bennett jaunted onstage at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, on Aug. 4, he sang the Gordon Jenkins…


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    Wes Montgomery plays at the Essex House Hotel in Indianapolis in 1959.


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