As the Cuban maestro prepares for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! on Wednesday, here’s the story behind his influential project Jazz Batá.…
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Satchmo in his adolescence: 1915 film clip may show young Louis Armstrong: Photos, Video
Louis Armstrong has served as the focus of many works of literature. Now, a few seconds of old film that…
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Here are five videos featuring Bennie Maupin on a range of reed and woodwind instruments: Photo
Today, I’m focusing on Bennie Maupin, another living jazz legend who doesn’t get nearly the recognition he deserves. Maupin is…
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Duke Ellington looms larger than ever: Photos, Videos
The late Martin Williams, curator of the influential anthology Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz and one of America’s more perceptive…
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Bill Evans on Miles Davis and Kind of Blue: Video
https://allan-chase.com I’ve been looking forward to sharing this informative interview with Bill Evans for a long time. It seems to…
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Meet the NEA’s 2020 Jazz masters: McFerrin, Mitchell, Workman and Kirk: Photos, Videos
Two eminent avant-garde elders, a chameleonic vocal improviser, and a pioneering community organizer and presenter will make up the 2020…
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