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Bob Dorough: 1923-2018
The American South has always existed in a most peculiar and conflicted dimension culturally. I believe that this state of being is what has enabled the South to act as that fecund and creative environment for developing every major popular music genre: jazz, blues...
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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 Eastern minimalist simplicity and patient trance...
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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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Kevin Sun
Find Your Pose
Luca Luciano
Divertimento #11
Danny Green
Time Lapse To Fall
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Fallin In Love With Love
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Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith is a leading light in European jazz, first and foremost as one of the finest saxophonists of his generation, and latterly as the founder and current director of The Scottish National Jazz... read more
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Straight Ahead by George Kahn
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Valentine’s Day 1964 Live by Ben Webster
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
Member since: 2018
This Week
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- In Pictures Radian at the 2018 Torino Jazz Festival
- Profiles Bob Dorough: 1923-2018
- Live Reviews Abdullah Ibrahim at the Michigan Theater
- Interviews Nik Bärtsch: Possibility in Paradox
- Live Reviews The Jane Getter Premonition at Iridium
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Destination Africa! Mali, Morocco & TunisiaSOURCE: Mondo Jazz
