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Bray Jazz Festival 2018
From the hilltop vantage point the Atlantic lies veiled under a blanket of thick mist. Greystones, five miles to the right, birthplace of the great Christy Doran, peeks out, seemingly floating above the misty clouds like a Roger Dean gatefold. Away to the left, across rocky fields studded with yellow heather...
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Matsuli Music: The Fight Against Forgetting
Now approaching a decade of operations, Matsuli Music has placed itself at the frontline of reissuing some of South Africa's most influential, important, and yet nevertheless now difficult-to-find albums in pursuit of its stated mission: "The Fight Against Forgetting."...
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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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Dirt...And More Dirt
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Salvo Losappio
Long Story Short
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Claudio Roditi
This Brazilian composer/arranger and trumpet artist has fourteen critically acclaimed albums, a Grammy nomination, and a busy international touring schedule that includes the most prestigious jazz festivals... read more
Showcase
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Seymour Reads The... by Brad Mehldau
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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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Life Of by Steve Tibbetts
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Sebastiana by Ricardo Bacelar
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Awase by Nik Bärtsch
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Outsidethebox by Sasha Mashin
Story of the Day
The first jazz record I bought was “A Tisket A Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald. I was eight years old and this sparked my love of Ella and of jazz. I told my mom “I have discovered this great singer and I want to share her with you
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By Maiya Sykes
Member since: 2018
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