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Linda Sikhakhane: Two Sides, One Mirror
Though it has not received the level of press attention it warrants, South Africa's Jazz scene of the past decade has experienced an astonishing flourishing of artistry and development. While the scene lost some of its titans like Zim Ngqawana...
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Jeff Duperon: Building a Jazz Bridge for...
As Jazz Bridge continues in its fourteenth year of lighting up the jazz scene in Philadelphia, Jeff Duperon is succeeding Suzanne Cloud as its Executive Director. Duperon, a New Orleans born and bred disc jockey and man about town, is revered in...
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Indecent Heroes and All That Jazz
Bill Cosby's deserved fall from Grace, perhaps more than anyone else's—and there has been a dizzying final reckoning for a bunch of them—has really hit me. I've been trying to figure out why that is and it's not obvious. But I think it's partly about how the accusations against Chuck Close have been handled...
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Jazz Ambassadors: Representing A Segregated...
Here, long overdue, is a comprehensive documentary about the legendary jazz musicians in the 1950s who served as "cultural ambassadors" under the aegis of the U.S. State Department, touring Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Soviet Union. The film comes sixty years...
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Vuma Levin: Musical Painting
South African guitarist and composer Vuma Levin has been receiving significant accolades in local and international circles, and it's easy to see why. A thoughtful, intelligent improviser and bandleader, Levin is also a highly thought-provoking composer, one intent on exploring...
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Frescalalto
The Hughes Smith...
Motion
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El Duende
Jonathan Greenstein
Vol II
Yoni Kretzmer's New...
Months, Weeks and...
Sun Ra
Space Is The Place
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Sun Ra
Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it... read more
Showcase
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Sebastiana by Ricardo Bacelar
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Dreaming Spirits by Mark Egan
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e.s.t. live in london by Esbjorn Svensson
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Seymour Reads The... by Brad Mehldau
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Awase by Nik Bärtsch
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Outsidethebox by Sasha Mashin
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Life Of by Steve Tibbetts
Story of the Day
Jazz is for me the most important cultural revolution of the 20th century and I'm proud to play this kind of music. For me, jazz is more than a kind of music, it's the best way of playing any musical material.
By Phil Abraham
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This Week
- Mixcloud Destination South Africa (Part 1)
- From Far and Wide Improvising Where No Man Has Gone Before: Encountering William Shatner, Star Trek, And “The Wrath Of Khan”
- In Pictures Alberto Gurrisi, Seamus Blake, Adam Nussbaum at the 2018 Torino Jazz Festival
- Live Reviews Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2018
- Live Reviews Vijay Iyer Sextet at The Village Vanguard
- Live Reviews Spencer Day at The Green Room 42
- Take Five With... Take Five with Francisco Quintero
Mixcloud Program
Destination South Africa (Part 1)SOURCE: Mondo Jazz
