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For some 60 years, beginning in the early 1950s, pianist-composer Dave Brubeck was one of the most famous jazz musicians alive. During the height of that fame, he ...

Interview with Mike Holober: I put craft in the intellect category: Video

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- 19/02/2020

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Mike Holober. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Jason Moran sends a new valentine “For Love”: Video, Sound, Photos

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- 15/02/2020

INTERVIEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues

Among the many things Jason Moran has demonstrated over the last 20 years is this: the man knows his way around a love song. Not that they take ...

Interview with Lisa Hilton: Although my intellect is always being fed, I don’t use it when I compose: Video

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- 10/02/2020

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Lisa Hilton. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got ...

CD review: Enrico Pieranunzi – Common View 2020: Video, CD cover

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- 08/02/2020

After more than 30 concerts and many excellent reviews about their first trio albums “Tales From The Unexpected” and “European Trio”, the Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the ...

New CDs from Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, Dayna Stephens, Aaron Diehl: Videos, Photos, Sounds

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- 04/02/2020

Along with choice new music from Jeff Davis and Kandace Springs. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland Trio, “Without Deception” The history of collaboration between pianist Kenny Barron and ...

CD review: Joey Alexander – Warna 2020: Video, CD cover

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- 31/01/2020

Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader unveils the music video for the title track and new single, “Warna.” At 16, Joey Alexander has already recorded ...

Interview with Charlie Ballantine: I always try and push myself to come up with complex ideas: Video

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- 29/01/2020

Jazz interview with jazz gutarist and composer Charlie Ballantine. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, Esperanza Spalding among the winners at 62nd Grammy Awards: Videos, Photos

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- 29/01/2020

CONCERTS VIDEOS

In the midst of a turbulent and shocking season for the Recording Academy, some signs of stability could be found in the results of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. One ...

CD review: Marc Copland – And I Love Her 2020: Video, CD cover

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- 26/01/2020

In a recording studio somewhere, the drummer drops into a groove: a ghost of a backbeat; a shuffling, even quavered, funky vibe, punctuated by propulsive kicks. Joey Baron has got ...

Interview with Peter Lieuwen: The intellect to produce the music: Video

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- 20/01/2020

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Peter Lieuwen. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Legendary saxophonist, composer and Jazz educator Jimmy Heath dies at 93: Videos, Photos

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- 20/01/2020

Jimmy Heath, a saxophonist, composer, arranger, educator and 2003 NEA Jazz Master who came of age in the bebop era, and did much to sway the course of ...

Interview with Sokratis Votskos: I would say soul is everything, if you want it to be real: Video

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- 18/01/2020

Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer Sokratis Votskos. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s ...

New CD: Erroll Garner – Sampler Volume 02 – 2020: Video, CD cover

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- 18/01/2020

This Octave Remastered Series sampler includes three songs from: each of the newly expanded editions of three classic Errol: ‘Garner albums. These recordings have been completely restored from ...

Laurie Verchomin was Laurie image file and Bill Scans pianist Bill Evans’ lover: Video, Photos

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- 07/01/2020

From May 1979 to September 1980, Laurie Verchomin was pianist Bill Evans’ lover. After their meeting in Edmonton, Canada, in April 1979, Laurie and Bill struck up a letter-writing ...

CD review: Valentin Schuppich Trio – Sentimental Waltz 2019: Video, CD cover

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- 17/12/2019

Valentin Schuppich began his musical education with violin lessons and switched to the piano at the age of 11. During his school days he played with various jazz ...

Ted Rosenthal սpreads ոinter cheer with his Wonderland Trio: Video

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- 13/12/2019

As the saying goes: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” During our Season of Giving Fund Drive, our listeners are joining in celebrating another fantastic year ...

The deceptive ease of Cole Porter: In-depth with Harry Connick, Jr.: Videos

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- 12/12/2019

ARTISTS NEWS VIDEOS

It has been 30 years since Harry Connick, Jr. became an improbable pop star, on the basis of a movie soundtrack that just happened to put many of ...

Interview with Ingi Bjarni: My older compositions used to be a bit more intellectual: Video

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- 07/12/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Ingi Bjarni. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Interview with Tom Pierson: Then art will present you with another, higher pinnacle… Video

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- 03/12/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Tom Pierson. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Interview with Franck Amsallem: The soul is paramount: Video

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- 29/11/2019

INTERVIEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Franck Amsallem. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Interview with Chiemi Nakai: I don’t know … Video

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- 27/11/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist, composer and arranger Chiemi Nakai. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a ...

Interview with Denman Maroney: Everything is related: Video

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- 23/11/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Denman Maroney. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter ...

Interview with David Helbock: We have a good balance between intellect, feeling and soul: Video

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- 18/11/2019

Jazz interview with Austrian jazz pianist and composer David Helbock. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a ...

CD review: Ron Carter – Foursight. Stockholm, Vol.1 – 2019: Video, CD cover

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- 08/11/2019

The strings vibrate gently. Accurate tone, unconditionally clear. And quietly. The longest fingers of jazz seem to dance weightlessly along the wooden bridge; yearning, filigree and elegant. No ...

CD review: Wynton Marsalis – Jazz for Kids 2019: Video: CD cover

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- 30/10/2019

A new children’s jazz album has been created by New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis giving the big band treatment to childhood classics and ...

Interview with Elliott Sharp: I attempt to balance all factors in the composition and presentation of my music: Video

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- 29/10/2019

Jazz interview with composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – What practice routine or exercise have you developed to maintain and improve ...

Ray Santos, saxophonist and composer known as “El Maestro” of latin music, has died at 90: Photos, Sound, Videos

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- 20/10/2019

Ray Santos, a saxophonist, composer, arranger rightly known to Latin music fans as “El Maestro,” died on Oct. 17. He was 90. His death was announced by his ...

Interview with Joachim Caffonnette: Music does not make an exception: Video

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- 16/10/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Joachim Caffonnette. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got ...

Kind of Blue drummer still keeping time as album turns 60: Photos, Videos

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- 25/09/2019

BOOKS NEWS VIDEOS

As legend has it, Miles Davis assembled a super group of jazz musicians in a New York studio and recorded a bunch of songs without retakes. They left ...

Steve Dalachinsky, poet who chronicled and championed the Jazz Avant-Garde, dies at 72: Videos, Photos

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- 17/09/2019

ARTISTS CONCERTS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues

Steve Dalachinsky, a contemporary poet unrivaled in his dedication to the jazz avant-garde, not only as a gimlet-eyed observer but also as a prolific collaborator and performer, died ...

The new season off with Ahmad Jamal and the promise of a vibrant future: Photos, Video

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- 14/09/2019

CONCERTS VIDEOS

Unlike the San Francisco Symphony and Opera nearby in Hayes Valley’s performing arts district celebrating with black-tie galas, SFJazz splits its opening night and gala (set for Jan. ...

Soul on Soul: Allison Miller and Derrick Hodge on honoring Mary Lou Williams: Photos, Video

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- 14/09/2019

Mary Lou Williams performed her groundbreaking devotional hymn St. Martin de Porres at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1965 with an eight-voice choir. Later this month at Monterey, artists-in-residence drummer ...

CD review: Avishai Cohen & Yonathan Avishai – Playing The Room 2019: Video, CD cover, Photos

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- 12/09/2019

ARTISTS BOOKS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues

Playing The Room bears testimony to the long musical friendship of Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai. They began to explore jazz as teenagers in Tel Aviv, and have continued ...

How Mary Lou Williams shaped the sound of the Big band era: Videos, Photos

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- 12/09/2019

Mary Lou Williams seemed to learn early that playing piano would keep her alive. Maybe she realized this at age six, when she started venturing to her white ...

Gregory Porter announces 13-night UK tour next May: Full concert video

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- 10/09/2019

Gregory Porter will tour the UK in May 2020. The Grammy-winning singer (who told us he’s been in the studio recently working on new music) will play cities including Manchester, ...

New film: Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool 2019: The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries … Video

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- 01/09/2019

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it ...

Hear a taste of Erroll Garner at the 1962 Seattle world’s fair, from a Deluxe new reissue series: Videos, Photos

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- 26/08/2019

The Century 21 Exposition, better remembered as the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, left an indelible mark on the skyline of that city: the iconic Space Needle was created for ...

Monty Alexander, Eliane Elias, Dayme Arocena and more … Videos, Sounds, Photos

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- 20/08/2019

Artists from five continents make up this week’s playlist. Monty Alexander, “Nutty” Monty Alexander was in his teens, working as a sideman at Federal Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, ...

Interview with Baptiste Bailly: The soul which makes that the music is alive, organic, that it touches us really: Video

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- 18/08/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Baptiste Bailly. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got ...

Herbie Hancock – pianist and composer talks about admiring Kendrick Lamar, making a new album: Videos, Photos

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- 18/08/2019

The 79-year-old pianist and composer talks about admiring Kendrick Lamar, making a new album, and calling jazz an international — not just an American — music. If jazz ...

Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man … Video

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- 17/08/2019

Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man and how Mongo Santamaria influenced it. He then performs both the original 1962 and the 1973 Headhunters versions. “Mongo” Santamaría ...

Interview with Liam Noble: I like analyzing music, but it has to be kept in perspective: Video

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- 16/08/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist, composer and educator Liam Noble. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what ...

South African piano guru Abdullah Ibrahim brings deep illumination to afternoon jazz: Photos, Videos

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- 03/08/2019

“The purest thing between heaven and earth is love,” says Abdullah Ibrahim, “and sincerity is the gatekeeper.” This morsel of metaphysical insight — offered casually but with ringing ...

CD review: Kenny Werner – Solo In Stuttgart 2019: Video, CD covers

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- 02/08/2019

When Kenny Werner came on stage for his concert in Stuttgart in 1992, he had just begun experimenting with the possibilities of solo piano programmes. He had become one ...

Herbie Hancock on cultural exchange, new horizons, and “the Survival of Planet Earth”: Photos, Video

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- 02/08/2019

FESTIVALS NEWS VIDEOS

Whatever else you call Herbie Hancock — jazz-piano paragon, funk-fusion pioneer, Afro-Futurist, humanitarian, sage — you’d have to agree on “moving target.” Forward motion is the hallmark of ...

Interview with Joonas Haavisto: Music is also my spirit: Video

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- 28/07/2019

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Joonas Haavisto. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you ...

Michel Legrand’s music to be celebrated with all-star charity concert: Video

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- 06/07/2019

A number of stars have rallied behind a concert to pay tribute to Michel Legrand – the French film composer, conductor and jazz pianist who unexpectedly died in ...

Interview with John Finbury: My experience and emotions are inevitably captured in my music: Video, CD cover

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- 05/07/2019

Jazz interview with jazz composer John Finbury. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...

Interview with Hans Loelv: What would life be without music? Video

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- 24/06/2019

INTERVIEWS The bad musicians VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues

Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Hans Loelv. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you ...

Interview with Angel Bat Dawid: Music is the healing force of the universe: Video

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- 20/06/2019

Jazz interview with jazz clarinetist, singer and composer Angel Bat Dawid. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what ...

CD review: Gerry Gibbs – Our People 2019: Video, CD cover

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- 16/06/2019

Whaling City Sound is pleased to announce the June 7th, 2019 release of Our People, the 12th album as a leader from renowned drummer/composer Gerry Gibbs. With the ...

Interview with Charlie Dennard: Relax and enjoy! Video

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- 15/06/2019