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All it might take is a second and a half of hearing her sing to make your spine tingle or your heart drop. Opera singers, jazz vocalists, writers and Vaughan’s biographer share their favorites.
Category: Jazz
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I Started Playing My Sax Outdoors. Then the Fans Came.
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When your rehearsal space is the bank of the Hudson, the audience is a bit unconventional.
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How Sam Rivers and Studio Rivbea Supercharged ’70s Jazz in New York
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The East Village venue wasn’t just a performance space — it was Rivers’s home. On the saxophonist’s centennial, Jason Moran and other artists celebrate his legacy.
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Charles Gayle, Saxophonist of Fire and Brimstone, Dies at 84
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An intense and uncompromising player, he made music that one critic said was more about “motion and spirit” than tonal centers, rhythms and melodies.
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Bobby Schiffman, Guiding Force of the Apollo Theater, Dies at 94
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Taking over for his father in 1961, he transformed a former vaudeville house in Harlem into a pre-eminent R&B showcase.
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Maren Morris Revels in a Fresh Start, and 10 More New Songs
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Hear tracks by Cat Power, Chris Stapleton, Loraine James and others.
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How Pharoah Sanders Beckoned the Gods on the Intimate ‘Pharoah’
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The three-song 1976 recording arrives in a new boxed set at what seems a perfect moment to deepen our appreciation for the saxophonist’s role in music history.
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Curtis Fowlkes, Avant-Jazz Pioneer of the 1980s, Dies at 73
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A founder of the acclaimed Jazz Passengers, he was also a sought-after sideman who played trombone for both jazz and rock heavyweights.