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Remembering Walter Becker

September 6, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

Considering his status as co-founder of one of America’s major pop bands of the...

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Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC)

September 6, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

The lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an...

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Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz

September 6, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz  by Howard Mandel (Routledge; New York and London)...

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Bassist Lars Danielsson is reknown and admired in the International Jazz world

September 5, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

04.09 – Happy Birthday !!! Bassist Lars Danielsson is reknown and admired in the...

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Of 58 bands performing, 42 were from Chicago, but the schedule duly represented jazz’s breadth

September 5, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

Reeds-and-winds iconoclast Roscoe Mitchell celebrated 50 years of recording. Trumpeter Jon Faddis reveled in...

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This book of about 100 images from six days in 1957

September 5, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

Back in 1957, Decca Records assigned photojournalist Jerry Dantzic to photograph Billie Holiday for...

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Photoalbum: 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival – Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, John Patitucci …

September 5, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

The 1-3 September 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival is underway in downtown Motor City, and...

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Big Joe Turner’s roar could rattle the very foundation of any gin joint he sang within

September 4, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

The premier blues shouter of the postwar era, Big Joe Turner’s roar could rattle the...

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His interest in jazz was sparked by seeing John Coltrane perform live in New York City clubs

September 4, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

04.09. – Happy Birthday!!! David Liebman was born in Brooklyn, New York on September...

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An outstanding technician, Lagrene has revealed influences other than Reinhardt

September 4, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

04.09. – Happy Birthday!!! Bireli Lagrene was born on September 4, 1966 in Saverne,...

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In New York, he began appearing with such artists as: Freddie Hubbard, Cassandra Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, Diane Reeves and Art Farmer, while studying music with Ron Carter

September 4, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

04.09 – Happy Birthday!!! Kenny Davis is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Kenny’s career...

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Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker dies aged 67

September 3, 2017 https://jazzbluesnews.com

Steely Dan’s Walter Becker has died at the age of 67. The guitarist and...