In the six years since her debut, “Take Me Apart,” the 39-year-old musician has been researching, processing and preparing to make an even bolder statement.
Category: Jazz
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How the R&B Innovator Kelela Unlocked a New Level
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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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Rosalía Issues an English Request, and 9 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:Hear tracks by Fever Ray, Chloë, Cécile McLorin Salvant and others.
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A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise
The New York Times – Music:In 2020, she released a lauded album exploring the Coltranes’ music. The next year, she broke her jaw in a crash and turned the harrowing experience into inspiration for a new LP, “Phoenix.”
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At 80, the Saxophonist Billy Harper Is Still a Towering Force
The New York Times – Music:He spent years playing with Art Blakey, Lee Morgan and Max Roach, earning praise for his sax’s piercing cry. He’s still composing and turning heads live.
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Jazz’s Year of Reckoning With Tradition
The New York Times – Music:As the genre experiences a creative renaissance, has it become quietly radical to re-embrace the past?
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75 Years Ago, Latin Jazz Was Born. Its Offspring Are Going Strong.
The New York Times – Music:A concert at Town Hall this week that will be led by Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrates the legacies of Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Chico O’Farrill.
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Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94
The New York Times – Movies:He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.”
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra
The New York Times – Music:Questlove, Dawn Richard and a range of other musicians, writers and critics share their favorites from the experimental pianist, organist and bandleader’s wide-ranging catalog.
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Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, New Orleans Musical Luminary, Dies at 79
The New York Times – Music:A guitarist and singer, he was a quintessential local star, mixing blues, funk and jazz through six decades of club and festival gigs.
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Notable Boxed Sets of 2022: Pop, Rap, Soul, Jazz and More
The New York Times – Music:Anniversary editions (from Norah Jones and Neil Young), a dive into the hip-hop underground (via C.V.E.) and rediscovered live jazz (from Elvin Jones and Charles Mingus) arrived in 2022.
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Samara Joy’s Voice (and Social Media) Is Helping Jazz Find Fresh Ears
The New York Times – Music:The 23-year-old singer had something rare in the genre — a viral moment — and will compete for best new artist at the Grammys in February.