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    “It’s not older music. It’s our music,” says James Inglehart, who plays Louis Armstrong in a new musical on Broadway.

    Jan 21, 2025 7:58 PM

    Louis Armstrong, The Musical

    Louis Armstrong’s career was long, diverse and full of the unexpected — both on stage and off. DownBeat often…

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    “I truly do love learning the history and what came before, and that’s what I practice,” says Meg Okura, pictured here with Kevin Hays. “But that’s not necessarily what I do as a composer.”

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    “You can’t be concerned with gender justice or racial justice or any of that without thinking about ableism or environmental justice​,” says Terri Lyne Carrington, founder and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

    Sep 28, 2023 12:22 PM

    The March Toward Equity & Inclusion

    The idea that someone isn’t just a number in a class is often interpreted as a teacher’s ability to connect with…

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    “There is a bit of a theme — that it’s a sense of optimism and a sense of togetherness,” bassist Nick Blacka says of the new GoGo Penguin album.

    Aug 15, 2023 12:27 PM

    Reigniting GoGo Penguin

    Samuel Clemens once said, “What is joy without sorrow? What is success without failure? What is a win without a loss?…

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    ChimyTina’s Dan “Chimy” Chmielinski and Martina DaSilva

    Nov 8, 2022 1:17 PM

    ChimyTina: DIY Stars Deliver

    Making one’s way through the jazz landscape by trekking down the DIY path isn’t exactly a novel endeavor. Any…

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    GoGo Penguin’s Chris Illingworth (left),​ Nick Blacka and Rob Turner

    May 26, 2021 9:42 AM

    GoGo Penguin Throws a Remix Party

    Though jazz and cover performances are a long familiar pairing, remixing isn’t nearly as ubiquitous an exercise for…

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    Arturo O’Farrill expands his pool of collaborators on Four Questions, the bandleader’s first album-length offering of original material.

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    Kandace Springs offers reverence to female musicians on her upcoming album, The Women Who Raised Me.

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    Trumpeter and flugelhornist Yazz Ahmed celebrates the accomplishments of others on Polyhymnia, a work released through the Ropeadope imprint.

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    Drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest recording, Waiting Game, reflects a multiplicity of sonic concepts—r&b, jazz and hip-hop among them.

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    Rez Abbasi composed a new score for the 1929 silent movie A Throw of Dice, which is due out Oct. 18. It was the guitarist’s first time writing for film.

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    ​To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Roger Eno (shown here), his brother Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois revisit and expand upon their 1983 soundtrack, Apollo: Atmosphere and Soundtracks.

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    Saxophonist Alexa Tarantino recently has performed on a pair of Posi-Tone albums, Lioness’ Pride & Joy and her leader debut, Winds Of Change.

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    Reedist Dave Liebman has contributed to scores of recordings, including Miles Davis’ On The Corner.

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    Maurice Louca’s latest album is Elephantine (Northern Spy).

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    Connie Han’s debut, Crime Zone (Mack Avenue), is out now.

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