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Hear tracks by Blood Orange, Madison Cunningham, Yeat and others.
Category: Jazz
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75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall
The New York Times – Music:
Major live events (Adele, Rosalía), buzzy debuts (Muni Long, Skullcrusher), energized returns (the Comet Is Coming, Kid Cudi) and a Taylor Swift LP are on the way.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane
The New York Times – Music:
We asked writers, critics and musicians including Meshell Ndegeocello and Angel Bat Dawid to tell us what moves them in Coltrane’s spiritual jazz.
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A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime
The New York Times – Music:
The pianist, 92, has been hesitant to glance back: “I’m still evolving, whenever I sit down at the piano.”
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Jaimie Branch, Trumpeter Who Crossed Genre Lines, Dies at 39
The New York Times – Music:
One of the most dynamic trumpet players in contemporary music, she forged a direct emotional, and even spiritual, connection with her listeners.
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Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51
The New York Times – Music:
A prodigy whose playing had drawn raves since he was a teenager, he helped bring the Hammond B3 back into the jazz lineup.
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Sy Johnson, Arranger Who Worked Closely With Mingus, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Music:
A jazz Renaissance man, he arranged many of the bassist’s later works and also wrote reviews, took photographs and composed his own music.
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Creed Taylor, Producer Who Shaped Jazz for Decades, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Music:
He made scores of albums with artists who were well known and others who soon would be. He also founded two important record labels.
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How a Jazz Musician and Entrepreneur Spends His Sundays
The New York Times – Music:
Matthew Garrison codes, composes, performs and produces as he pushes the boundaries of music.