Ray Mantilla, a percussionist and bandleader who led a prolific jazz career for more than half a century, died on…
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Brazilian trumpet virtuoso Claudio Roditi with a warm and lyrical style, has died at 73: Videos, Photos
Claudio Roditi, whose lyrical poise and burnished warmth on trumpet and flugelhorn helped make him one of the most accomplished…
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CD review: Cesar Orozco and Jorge Glem – StringWise 2019: Video, CD cover
César Orozco and Jorge Glem reveal their purpose in life even before a note of music is performed on StringWise…
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CD review: Gato Barbieri – En Vivo En Argentina 1991 – 2019: Video, CD cover
Regardless of his subsequent and future transgressions, Gato Barbieri deserves a lifetime’s worth of slack for his work between 1965…
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Interview with Chiemi Nakai: I don’t know … Video
Jazz interview with jazz pianist, composer and arranger Chiemi Nakai. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you…
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CD review: Paquito D’Rivera and The United Nation Orchestra – A Night in Englewood 2019: Video, CD cover
This album was made at the time after Paquito D’Rivera had inherited what was left of Dizzy Gillespie’s seminal United…
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