The New York Times – Music:
The trumpeter, who died a year ago at 39, recorded “Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))” with her quartet in April 2022.
Author: Giovanni Russonello
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Miles Davis’s Electric Period
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Navigate the trumpeter’s snaky, endless grooves with picks from Flying Lotus, Cindy Blackman Santana and Terence Blanchard, among other musicians, writers and critics.
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A Trumpeter Stretches Past the Bounds of Jazz
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s new album, “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning,” is his first on which he doesn’t touch the trumpet. Instead, he extends the legacy of Black masking Indians in New Orleans.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz
The New York Times – Music:
Many cities have rich jazz histories, but none goes back as far as New Orleans. We asked Wendell Pierce, Courtney Bryan and others what song they would play to get a friend to join the party.
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Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM
The New York Times – Music:
Through Saint Heron, the musician brought Angélla Christie and the Clark Sisters for a night exploring Black religious music, and Linda Sharrock and Archie Shepp for a show that felt anything but safe.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams
The New York Times – Music:
We asked a dozen musicians, scholars and critics to help take us on a tour of the music and mind of a pianist whose decades-long career made her a Mount Rushmore figure in jazz.
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Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’
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The saxophonist, who died on Thursday at 89, redefined jazz composition by embracing the unknown. Listen to nine of his recordings with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Esperanza Spalding and more.
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Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz
The New York Times – Music:
We’ve done a lot of listening back. So where is jazz today? Writers and musicians including Sonny Rollins, Melanie Charles and Terri Lyne Carrington share their favorites from this millennium.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals
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Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong were A-list celebrities at the top of their art form. Today’s jazz singers are finding new paths. Listen to these 11 favorites.