08.09. – Happy Birthday !!! James Clay is a name new to many modern-day jazz listeners. But Clay’s earliest fame…
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Marion Brown was an underappreciated hero of the jazz avant-garde
08.09 – Happy Birthday !!! Alto saxophonist Marion Brown was an underappreciated hero of the jazz avant-garde. Committed to discovering…
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One of the last in a generation of jazz greats, Sonny Rollins once thought music could change the world
07.09. – Happy Birthday!!! One of the last in a generation of jazz greats, Sonny Rollins once thought music could…
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Europe Jazz Media Chart
Europe Jazz Media Chart – August 2017 http://jazzspecial.dk Christine Stephan, JAZZTHETIK 1000: 1000 ANTHEMS TO WORK ON A GOOD END,…
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Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC)
The lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art…
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Of 58 bands performing, 42 were from Chicago, but the schedule duly represented jazz’s breadth
Reeds-and-winds iconoclast Roscoe Mitchell celebrated 50 years of recording. Trumpeter Jon Faddis reveled in Dizzy Gillespie’s big band carts from…
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