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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2020 Jazz & World Music Albums released in 2020 STREAMING Toku(Japan), Hot Club of Los Angeles(USA), Ozma(France), Nastazio Gkoumas(Cyprus), Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio(Canada), Robin McKelle(USA), Giuseppe...Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective
Enjoy Sunshine And Warm Ocean Breezes As You Listen To Cool Jazz! SARASOTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2020Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Best known as the lead singer for Roxy Music, Ferry released two solo albums in the '70s filled with covers. A marvelous new concert album features Ferry performing many of these songs live.Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Mike Hadreas new album as Perfume Genius, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately , is out in May. Its first single features a video that "envisions an end of the world where there are no boundaries."Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
The statement from the American Guild of Musical Artists contained no details, although an Associated Press story did, reportedly prompting the withdrawal of a $500,000 settlement.Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Elyse Weinberg, who died last week, was a late '60s singer-songwriter rediscovered by crate-diggers. We remember her tangled folk-rock, plus music from Sign Libra, The Native Cats and Cirith Ungol.Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts all nine symphonies this year. He spoke about the surprisingly political side of Beethoven's music with All Things Considered.Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Almost 40 years since its cinematic release, a restoration brings this documentary featuring Thomas A. Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith back to life.Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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On paper, the UK trios Wildflower and Ill Considered bear an obvious resemblance. Each features the outstanding reed player Idris Rahman and bassist Leon Brichard, and both groups are groove-oriented progressive jazz. Wildflower is the...Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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The world loves a good "what if..." story, so why not explore the idea of Dizzy Gillespie as president? The famed trumpeter actually ran for the highest office in the land in 1964. And though the move was largely in jest, he didn't shy...Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Thirty-two years since pianist Branka Parlic's debut recording of the music of French composer Erik Satie, Inities 1988 (M Production, 1988), she offers another take on his work. Parlic, who is a lecturer at the Academy of Arts in Novi...Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Chamber Jazz / World Jazz Composers: Charles Pillow, Billie Holiday, Hermeto Pascoal, Tony Williams, Thelonious Monk About the music: While in Pass Manchac features Scott Wendholt from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Pillow on alto...Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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The band is made up of five close friends who've been playing together for 10 years. You can hear that sense of close collaboration in this mini-concert.Monday, February 24, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
The electronic artist's new album, her first since 2015's acclaimed Art Angels, subverts the expectations of mainstream pop music with dark, densely-layered songs.Monday, February 24, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
Bley spent decades leading big bands. Now in her 80s, the jazz composer and pianist has a new album with longtime pal and partner bassist Steve Swallow and English saxophonist Andy Sheppard.Monday, February 24, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
There's an unexpected jolt of energy that comes with getting caught up — whether you're ready for it or not. This week's picks from Linda Diaz, Dua Saleh, Tame Impala and more explore the gamet.Monday, February 24, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
A new documentary doesn't radically alter what we know and love about The Band, but does unearth some fresh details.Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Singer-songwriter Katie Pruitt grew up in a conservative Catholic family in Georgia. On her debut album, she sings about the pressure she felt growing up to hide her sexuality from her family.Monday, February 24, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
A consummate storyteller, going as far back to her days with her band Rilo Kiley, the words of Jenny Lewis comfort and inspire.Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz News
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Mark Godfrey has done his fair share of commuting in furtherance of his jazz career. Toronto--his home base--to New York has been a regular journey. The near five hundred mile trip would certainly be shorter (timewise) via airplane. But...Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
A percussionist with fierce rhythmic dynamism and a multiplicity of ideas, Brian Shankar Adler has steadily assembled a formidable body of work over the last several years, despite being relatively under-recognized. Much of this music...Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
This young Austrian collective's sophomore effort is quite an ambitious undertaking. Divided over a CD and a vinyl LP, Chuffdrone offer up a passionate set of urgent and extensive tunes which are constructed around the reciprocity of...Monday, February 24, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES TO RELEASE CINEMA SWING (March 6, 2020) A Sizzling Collection of 12 Songs Celebrating Classic Gypsy Jazz And Original Material Composed By Band Members This band is an LA treasure”—Jackson Brown...Sunday, February 23, 2020 from All About Jazz News
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Singer-songwriter Banoffee talks about the making of her debut album, "Look At Us Now Dad," and what it took to make it as a musician in Los Angeles after leaving her native Australia.Sunday, February 23, 2020 from NPR Topics: Music
"There's never been a moment in my life that I've been more honest with myself," the pop singer tells NPR. "I finally feel free of everything that I was holding secret and holding to myself."Sunday, February 23, 2020 from All About Jazz News
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You can judge a book by its cover, and likewise an album. Sometimes. Too often, striking content fails to follow striking packaging. British keyboard player Rebecca Nash 's Peaceful King, however, proves to be as beautiful as its artwork...Sunday, February 23, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
While Brazilian Whispers marks Andrea Brachfeld 's first thorough exploration of the titular stream of sound, you'd never know it from the results. Teaming up with Bill O'Connell, her longtime pianist and sounding board, the veteran...Sunday, February 23, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Here's another splendid two-disc anthology from Tantara Productions showcasing music from the capacious Stan Kenton library, performed on Disc 1 by the Kenton Orchestra circa 1972-76 and on Disc 2 by the Trinity College Big Band, Alumni...Saturday, February 22, 2020 from All About Jazz News
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Listeners will definitely enjoy a wide variety of Solid Moments when our beloved producer Marc Free enlists the able assistance of a few trusted Idle Hands for the next release in a visionary series of demand building records....Saturday, February 22, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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What happens in Canada stays in Canada. Sadly, this worn out phrasing tends to ring true when it comes to Jazz from there. Regrettably so. The jazz scenes in Québec and especially Toronto are as vibrant as they've ever been and produce...Saturday, February 22, 2020 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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It's taken over two tumultuous decades for Dave Liebman to fully realize and execute his poetic, elemental suite. Alongside Pat Metheny , Billy Hart , and Cecil McBee , Water: Giver of Life (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) birthed the the long...Saturday, February 22, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
The complex landscape of human emotions is still vastly uncharted, but every true work of art adds a little piece to the puzzle. This can be done in many ways, but it is rare that an album connects emotion with complex layers of memory,...Saturday, February 22, 2020 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
The most devout fans of the late Miles Davis will likely hear the selections on this album as touchstones of their collections of the jazz icon's work. More casual fans and dilettantes can listen and learn to the same cuts as guideposts...Friday, February 21, 2020 from All About Jazz News