Crosscurrents Trio, “Good Hope” The English jazz bassist Dave Holland and the Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain have worked extensively…
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Miles Davis: The rare UK shows near the end of a jazz life: Video
It was winter in late 1988 and a fax arrived in my newspaper office in Cardiff. Miles Davis would be…
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South African piano guru Abdullah Ibrahim brings deep illumination to afternoon jazz: Photos, Videos
“The purest thing between heaven and earth is love,” says Abdullah Ibrahim, “and sincerity is the gatekeeper.” This morsel of…
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Herbie Hancock on cultural exchange, new horizons, and “the Survival of Planet Earth”: Photos, Video
Whatever else you call Herbie Hancock — jazz-piano paragon, funk-fusion pioneer, Afro-Futurist, humanitarian, sage — you’d have to agree on…
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Nina Simone’s childhood home is under threat. This campaign aims to save it: Photo, Video
The National Trust is hoping to preserve the North Carolina house where Simone first learned to play piano. Nina Simone…
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Michel Legrand’s music to be celebrated with all-star charity concert: Video
A number of stars have rallied behind a concert to pay tribute to Michel Legrand – the French film composer,…
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