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Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras, tap dance to ballet, Wynton has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Monktober Continues, New Music from Charles Lloyd and More, Birthday Music from Roy Hargrove and More

Read "Monktober Continues, New Music from Charles Lloyd and More, Birthday Music from Roy Hargrove and More" reviewed by David W. Daniels


Monktober continues with very early recordings by Coleman Hawkins and Milt Jackson featuring Thelonious Monk on piano. Also, some of Monk's own compositions by himself and others. Classics by other artists including Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, and more. New music from Lori Williams, Ruby Rushton, and more. Recognizing this week's jazz musician birthdays with music from ...

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Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Trumpeter Nathaniel Williford

Read "Introducing Trumpeter Nathaniel Williford" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


Nathaniel Williford's jazz education began when he entered the sixth grade at Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL. “The magic started happening at our instrument trial day," he recalled, “selecting what we'd play in the band program. The trombone was what stood out to me. I could make some basic sounds on the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Webb: Hamstrings & Hurricanes

Read "Hamstrings & Hurricanes" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Open to all musical genres from the UK and Ireland, encompassing pop, rock, folk, urban, dance, jazz, blues, electronica and classical, the Mercury Prize stands as music's equivalent to literature's Booker Prize or art's Turner Prize. Past winners span from Arctic Monkeys and PJ Harvey to Arlo Parks, representing the award's diverse scope. Jazz ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Homage to John Coltrane, Including the Album A Love Supreme Interpreted By Four Different Jazz Musicians

Read "Homage to John Coltrane, Including the Album A Love Supreme Interpreted By Four Different Jazz Musicians" reviewed by David W. Daniels


Our annual tribute to John Coltrane on the week of his birthday--His music as interpreted by Billy Bang, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Kenny Garrett, Larry Coryell and more. Includes a rendering of the album A Love Supreme with four different jazz artists performing each part of the four-part composition. Playlist John Coltrane “Giant Steps"--from ...

Article: Album Review

Catherine Russell, Sean Mason: My Ideal

Read "My Ideal" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Un album come questo può nascere solo dall'amore per i tesori nascosti del songbook statunitense. E l'amore vero, si sa, non fa calcoli. Sulla carta è ampiamente controcorrente (o se preferite demodé) e quindi fuori mercato per la sua scelta di escludere quasi completamente brani in grado di sollecitare la memoria del pubblico. L'unico ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

ELEW Finds His Frequency: From Camden Roots to ELEW Plays Sting at SFJAZZ

Read "ELEW Finds His Frequency: From Camden Roots to ELEW Plays Sting at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Steven Roby


Pianist Eric Lewis (ELEW) grew up in a house where music was infrastructure. He is the fourth generation of classical musicians in his family, raised in Camden, New Jersey, where practicing the piano felt like another chore alongside washing dishes and mowing the lawn. That immersion, combined with conservatory training, forged a touch that is both ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon / PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone

Read "Someone to Someone" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Jon Irabagon is a musician whose complexity is both exhilarating and daunting. His restless energy, deep self-reflection, remarkable achievements and sharp intellect combine to create a figure who constantly provokes questions--about music, originality and the very nature of artistic expression. In 2011, Irabagon undertook a bold experiment: With Mostly Other People Do The Killing, ...

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2025

Read "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2025" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 28-July 2, 2025 The headliners of the 45th edition of the festival included names like Gospel legend Mavis Staples, Canadian rockers Blue Rodeo, Canadian Inuk musician Elisapie, New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Nigerian singer/songwriter Ayra Starr, Canadian ...

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Article: In Pictures

BEATrio at the Perry Pavilion

Read "BEATrio at the Perry Pavilion" reviewed by Mark Robbins


Béla Fleck is a trailblazing banjo player whose genre-defying approach has redefined the possibilities of the instrument. Born in New York City in 1958 and named after the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, he's spent his career weaving bluegrass, jazz, classical, and world music into dazzling sonic tapestries. Whether leading his groundbreaking group Béla Fleck and the ...


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