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Category: Jazz
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‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns, Bringing a Jazz Tale to a New Generation
Jason Michael Webb, the show’s guest music director, said he wants audiences at the musical about Jelly Roll Morton to experience “a time period that does not exist anymore.”
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New Songs by Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, girl in red and More
Hear tracks by Beth Gibbons, girl in red, Angélica Garcia and others.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love John Coltrane
Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of 15 musicians, scholars, poets, writers and other experts.
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Marlena Shaw, Venerable Nightclub Chanteuse, Dies at 84
She sang jazz (with Count Basie, among others) and later funk and disco, frequently in intimate venues, where she regaled audiences with tales of old love affairs.
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The Worst Masterpiece: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ at 100
A jazz musician considers the legacy and unfulfilled promise of George Gershwin’s catchy — or you could say corny — repertory staple.
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An Elastic and Impressive Year in Jazz
A rundown of impressive recent releases and a look at who benefits (and suffers) when artists working outside formal jazz idioms are lumped into conversations about the genre.
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Winter Jazzfest Has Company: Unity Jazz Festival
The decision to place another festival right on top of Jazzfest highlighted how much has been flipped upside-down in jazz over the past 20 years.
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Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Dies at 82
She sparred with avant-garde instrumentalists and used electronics to alter and extend her vocal palette. She was also at home in more conventional settings.
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The Saxophone Master Shabaka Hutchings Is on a New Journey: Flutes
The British musician is an artist in residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York this week, playing an instrument group that he first picked up in 2019.
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Linda Sharrock Has Lost Her Speech, but She’s Still Performing
Linda Sharrock, an avant-garde jazz musician who became aphasic after a 2009 stroke, has returned to the stage and inspired new generations.
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‘Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got’ Review: A Lens on a Jazz Luminary
Brigitte Berman’s dazzling 1985 look at the self-taught virtuoso clarinetist and bandleader is showing after a restoration.