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    “The first recording I owned with Brazilian music on it was Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer,” says Renee Rosnes. “And then I just started to go down the rabbit hole.”

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    “Mike’s an amazing talent on trombone, never mind on tenor and baritone sax,” trombonist Steve Davis says of Dease.

    Nov 5, 2024 1:02 AM

    From ’Bone to Bari … and Back!

    To say that Michael Dease is not resting on his laurels would be an understatement. Long considered one of the jazz…

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    “Nobody in jazz school is telling you to learn how to dance,” says bandleader Eyal Vilner (center). But he thinks maybe they should.

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    “Just because I’m at the organ doesn’t mean I have to fall into the predictable traditional approach to the instrument,” says Goldings.

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    Benny Green gave a breathtaking solo performance at this year’s San Jose Jazz Summer Fest.

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    “I was burning through personnel because it’s a small island, and I wasn’t easy to get along with,” Hoy said of forming a band on Martha’s Vineyard in the late 1970s.

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    ​Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente began their current U.S. tour with a performance at Boston’s Regattabar.

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    Nicholas Payton, left and Tim Warfield, performing at last year’s Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, demonstrate the event’s dedication to great jazz.

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    “Both of us are quite grounded in the craft, the tradition and the harmonic sense,” Rosenwinkel said of his experience playing with Allen. “Yet I felt we shared something mystical as well.”

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    Larry Goldings’ versatility keeps him in high demand as a leader, collaborator and sideman.

    Jun 11, 2024 5:39 PM

    Larry Goldings: The Variety of Fun

    Are you having any fun? Larry Goldings certainly is. Consider just two recent examples:

    Scene 1: “If anyone had…

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    “Shiri is my favorite kind of singer (and human, for that matter) — open-minded, creative and honest,” says vocalist Tierney Sutton, who co-produced Zorn’s new recording.

    Aug 15, 2023 12:26 PM

    Shiri Zorn Finds Her Voice

    As birthday presents for jazz musicians go, it was a good one. Shiri Zorn, an Israeli-born jazz vocalist who lives and…

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    Samara Joy brought fans to their feet in the middle of her Newport set!

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    ’You can’t simply book a festival with things that you like,” Christian McBride says of the Newport Jazz Festival. “You have a responsibility to present up-and-coming artists who people don’t know yet. And you have to get people in the seats.”

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    “I guess that’s my personality: On the outside I’m very mellow, but, inside, my brain is going 100 miles a minute,” says Scott.

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    “A lot of trombone players play a lot of notes,” says Delfeayo Marsalis. “I play real laid-back.”

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    Snarky Puppy is a big band with a difference.

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    When Allen played standards, she never sounded more like her own unique self.

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    Mingus occupies an image in the popular imagination, by all accounts well-deserved, as a force of nature, an iconoclastic truth-teller, a volatile, emotional man with a violent streak.

    May 24, 2022 2:58 PM

    Charles Mingus @ 100

    Jazz has seen its share of legendary personalities — Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington,…

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    The results of Epitaph are alternately lyrical, cacophonous, raucous and elegiac.

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    Thurman was the first woman to tour and perform full time with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

    Apr 5, 2022 5:13 PM

    The Education of Camille Thurman

    Here’s a question: How many tenor saxophonists would feel comfortable stepping into John Coltrane’s shoes to…

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    Igor Butman played two huge concerts in Russia to celebrate his birthday.

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    Ches Smith (center, seated), with the cross-cultural octet We All Break, explores his fascination with Vodou drumming on Path Of Seven Colors.

    Sep 7, 2021 1:04 PM

    Ches Smith Runs the Vodou Down

    Drummer/composer Ches Smith got into Vodou drumming almost by accident. As a graduate student studying music at Mills…

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to live performing in Rome, with a few butterflies and a beautiful set.

    Jul 27, 2021 11:30 AM

    Dee Dee Bridgewater Returns to Rome

    On a warm July night in central Rome, Dee Dee Bridgewater, wearing a long, floral print dress and broad-rimmed, dark…

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    A formidable front line in Anzio: Camille Thurman (left), Sylwester Ostrowski, Igor Butman, Freddie Hendrix and Alexander Beets.

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    Janinah Burnett

    May 11, 2021 11:34 AM

    Janinah Burnett Stretches Her Wings

    As a renowned classical soprano, Janinah Burnett’s repertoire includes opera, oratorios, art songs, spirituals and,…

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    The Vocal Gumbo team: Lauren Kinhan (top left), Janis Siegel (bottom left) and Laurie Green.

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    Pianist Emmet Cohen’s new album, Future Stride, includes five of his compositions.

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    Jazzmeia Horn is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.

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    Since they first met, pianist Antonio Adolfo has gone on to be one of the foremost bandleaders in Brazilian jazz, and Milton Nascimento became one of Brazil’s most essential and influential singers.

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    Spike Wilner, proprietor of the New York venue Smalls, recently began hosting shows at his club for the first time since the pandemic hit.

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    Becca Stevens features synthesizers and dance grooves on her new album, Wonderbloom.

    Apr 13, 2020 9:02 AM

    Becca Stevens Offers Up Pop Grooves

    In the July 2016 issue of DownBeat, Becca Stevens was spotlighted in the article titled “25 for the Future.” In the…

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    Aaron Weinstein’s new album is a trio project titled 3x3.

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    Erik Charlston plays vibraphone and marimba on a new album centered on works by Brazilian composers.

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    Trumpeter Till Brönner (left) performs with saxophonist Igor Butman and his large ensemble, the Moscow Jazz Orchestra, during the third annual Jazz Across Borders conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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    All of Miles Davis’ recordings with his namesake nonet are compiled on The Complete Birth Of The Cool.

    Dec 1, 2019 1:39 PM

    Miles’ ‘Cool’ Sessions

    This year marks the 70th anniversary of the short-lived, but now legendary, Miles Davis Nonet. Its recordings, first…

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    The members of New York Voices are Kim Nazarian (left), Peter Eldridge, Darmon Meader and Lauren Kinhan.

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    Veronica Swift doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t listening to jazz: “Before I was even born, in utero, Mom was doing concerts.”

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    João Gilberto (1931–2019)

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    Alfred Lion (left), Dexter Gordon and Francis Wolff

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    John Patitucci says that his latest outing, Soul Of The Bass, is something of a sequel to his 1991 album Heart Of The Bass.

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    Harry Connick Jr. performs during “The Birth of Jazz: From Bolden to Armstrong,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2019 gala concert, April 17 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

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    Bassist Chuck Israels leads his Nextet ensemble during a March 6 show at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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    Dennis Lichtman is an advocate for early styles of jazz.

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    Eddie Daniels in the studio, working on his album Heart Of Brazil

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    Sarah McKenzie’s new work, San Francisco–Paris Of The West, will have its world premiere at the Bay Area’s Lesher Center for the Arts on Sept. 14.

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    Manhattan Transfer, from left: Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel and Trist Curless

    Apr 13, 2018 11:08 AM

    Hitting Reboot: Manhattan Transfer

    Acclaimed vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer is enjoying a new phase in its lengthy career. The band recently released…

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    The album United We Swing features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of guests, including Willie Nelson (left).

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    Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen performs at the star-filled tribute to Geri Allen at Winter Jazzfest in New York.

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    Antonio Adolfo performs at The Blue Note in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 11.

    Nov 29, 2017 5:14 PM

    Adolfo Dazzles in Rio de Janeiro

    For all its invigorating musical variety, encompassing everything from Malian blues to French jazz to surreal Serbian…

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    Didier Lockwood performs at Igreja da Candalaria in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 10 as part of the MIMO Festival.

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    Sullivan Fortner performs at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York as part of JALC’s Opening Night on Sept. 14.

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    Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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    Hilary Gardner, Melissa Stylianou and Amy Cervini are Duchess. The vocal trio performed at 55 Bar in NYC on Feb. 22.

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    When Maria Schneider (pictured) testified before Congress about the current U.S. copyright law’s (DMCA) notice and takedown provisions, she urged legislators to make major changes.

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    “If everybody gets used to getting their music for free, nobody is going to pay for music anymore,” says bandleader Maria Schneider.

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    Trio da Paz: Romero Lubambo (left), Nilson Matta and Duduka da Fonseca

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    Jon Batiste

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    Leslie Pintchik performs at Jazz at Kitano in New York on Dec. 1.

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    Becca Stevens incorporated astute, philosophical lyrics into songs in the folk-jazz vein during a compelling performance in Pittsburgh on May 23.

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    Brue Barth demonstrated his distinguished combination of ceaseless imagination and unshakable swing at Mezzrow in New York City on May 7.

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    Caetano Veloso (left) and Gilberto Gil perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York on April 20.

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    Kenny Washington (left), Bill Charlap and Peter Washington performed a program of Great American Songbook standards at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 9

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    Kamasi Washington performs material from his three-CD opus The Epic at Webster Hall in New York on Feb. 24.

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    Gary Peacock (left), Lee Konitz, Joey Baron and Bill Frisell

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