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Building a Jazz LibraryZakir Hussain: The Best Jazz / Crossover Albums
Zakir Hussain turns 70 on March 9th. In an unparalleled career, which began in earnest aged 7, the man widely acclaimed as the world's greatest tabla player has played with the giants of both...
By Ian Patterson
March 4, 2021 -
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History of JazzThat Slow Boat to China: How American Jazz Steamed Into Asia
A kind of jazz was already waiting in Asia when American players arrived in the 1920s, close to a hundred years ago. However, it was imitative and incomplete, lacked authenticity and live performers from the U.S.
By Arthur R George
March 3, 2021 -
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InterviewLionel Loueke: I Dare You
Though 2020 proved to be challenging, to say the least, Lionel Loueke can look back on a year blighted by the COVID-19 pandemic with some personal satisfaction. To produce not one but two great albums was no small feat. First, there was Gilfema 3, a brilliant outing with...
By Ian Patterson
March 1, 2021 -
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Under the RadarA Different Drummer, Part 1: Mark Lomax II and Mauricio Takara
The drum is an instrument of power and presence. It is the heartbeat of music but with uncertain origins. In Africa, China, and Turkey, archeologists have found evidence to suggest that any of those regions may have been the forebearers of the beat, of the definitive expression of freedom.
By Karl Ackermann
February 25, 2021 -
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InterviewDave Liebman: Placing Free Jazz and the Avant Garde in Musical and Historical...
Like free jazz, this interview arose spontaneously from an informal "how are you doin'" telephone conversation between saxophonist Dave Liebman and All About Jazz contributor Vic Schermer.
By Victor L. Schermer
February 22, 2021
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