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Nik Bärtsch: Possibility in Paradox
Like the master-less samurai his primary band is named for, Nik Bärtsch forges a path and follows a code all his own. The pianist's music is best described by his own key phrases "ritual groove music" and "Zen funk," merging...
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Linley Hamilton: Strings Attached
Nearly all recordings are labours of love. Passion and a huge amount of work are the essential ingredients. Some recordings in particular, however, mark the realization of a life-long dream. For Northern Irish trumpeter, BBC jazz broadcaster and university lecturer...
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Big Ears Festival 2018
Knoxville's Big Ears Festival has traditionally kicked things off with a big piece by a high-visibility headliner. This year was to have featured a live performance of guitarist Nels Cline's Lovers project, an ambitious re-imagination of romantic "mood music" which was to be performed with the...
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A Day at AAJ
One of the main benefits of being the Dean of American Jazz Humorists©, besides a free Orange Julius whenever I want one (at participating locations) and 2-for-1 Redbox rentals, is my unfettered access to the inner workings of the entire Jazz universe...
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The Cry of Jay Rodriguez
On an unseasonably warm February evening I set out from Brooklyn to catch the multi-instrumentalist Jay Rodriguez's band at Le Poisson Rouge. While walking from the West 4th Street subway station to the venue on Bleecker Street I recalled taking this exact route over 30 years ago to play a...
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Joe Henderson
The tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Lima in a family of 15 children... read more
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Straight Ahead by George Kahn
Story of the Day
I was first exposed to jazz while learning to play chess with my uncles. They would play smooth jazz, and then switch up to more standard types of jazz. But, when they played “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis, I was hooked and I haven't looked back.
By Chinita Tate-Burroughs
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This Week
- Interviews Nik Bärtsch: Possibility in Paradox
- Live Reviews The Jane Getter Premonition at Iridium
- Mixcloud Destination Africa! Mali, Morocco & Tunisia
- Live Reviews Liberty Ellman Trio at Crescent Arts Centre
- In Pictures Steve Gadd Band At Lavanderia A Vapore In Collegno
- Mixcloud Minimalist Jazz & An Interview With Caroline Davis
- Profiles A Vintage Year For Jessica Felix And The Healdsburg Jazz Festival
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Destination Africa! Mali, Morocco & TunisiaSOURCE: Mondo Jazz
