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Natasha Rothwell and Samara Joy on Finding Their Voices

The “How to Die Alone” creator and actress and the Grammy-winning jazz singer talk about genre, improvisation and romantic comedies.

By Boris Kachka

Alpert, Herb Content Type: Personal Profile Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (Music Group) Jazz

Herb Alpert’s 50th Album Is Here. What’s Kept Him Going Places?

The trumpeter, now 89, is at work on albums, live shows and sculptures, driven by the joy of creating and communicating. “I don’t look back,” he said. “I go forward.”

By Jim Farber

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Isaiah Collier Funnels a ‘Very Radical Time’ Into a Vivid New Album

The saxophonist and composer made “The World Is on Fire” with recent racial violence — and protests decrying it, and demanding change — in the foreground.

By Hank Shteamer

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Dan Morgenstern, Chronicler and Friend of Jazz, Dies at 94

He wrote prolifically about the music and played an important role in documenting its history, especially in his many years with the Institute of Jazz Studies.

By Barry Singer