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Crashing On Couches To Talk To Musicians
Jason Crane of The Jazz Session interview podcast is touring the U.S. via Greyhound bus.
Around The Jazz Internet: May 18, 2012
Ten albums for newbies, the hated Cabaret Card and composer/arranger Gil Evans' centennial.
The Harmonica-Playing Baron Of Belgium
Whistling guitarist and harmonica master Toots Thielemans has played in everything from Charlie Parker's band to commercials for Old Spice. In his childhood home of Brussels — really, throughout hi...
Why One Saxophonist Covered His Idol
Steve Lehman's new album Dialect Fluorescent ends with a song called "Mr. E," a composition written by jazz legend Jackie McLean. But the connections run deep between Lehman and the alto saxophonis...
Cecil Taylor: The Pianist Who's Also An Orchestra
He broke all the rules of jazz and improvised music — and that was in the 1950s. Now 83 and idolized by musicians, the great improviser is celebrated for developing a unique language at the keyboard.
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White On JazzSet
At the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival, three-quarters of the stellar fusion band Return to Forever reunited. Hear Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White — on piano, bass and drums, respectively —...
The World-Class Jazz Club Run By Volunteers
The Vortex in London is a 100-person venue which recently hosted the Vijay Iyer Trio and the BBC. It's been an engine of economic growth for its community and is embraced by musicians. It's all the...
Louis Armstrong: With Love And Grace, A Final 'Hello'
In one of his final performances, Armstrong used "Hello Dolly" to convey the joy of being alive.
If Not Jazz Education, What Will Rebuild Jazz Audiences?
A professor of music writes about how a proliferation of teaching jazz hasn't made it more popular.
Gil Evans, Essential Jazz Arranger, At 100
Famous for his collaborations with Miles Davis, Evans brought orchestral colors and textures to jazz, and was a pioneer of the "cool" sound.
Days With Dizzy: Arturo Sandoval On His Trumpet Mentor
The Cuban trumpeter first met Dizzy Gillespie in 1977, when the American jazzman came to Havana to play a concert. It was the start of a friendship that would last until Gillespie's death in 1993.
Around The Jazz Internet: May 11, 2012
"Cookie cutter" students, young musicians in New York and the history of jazz in India.
40 Years Of Mondays: One Saxophonist's Addiction To The Fringe
In Boston, three professors and musical virtuosos meet weekly to give concerts of free improvisation — and have for four decades. One fan tells us about how she saw The Fringe so many times, the ma...
Daryl Sherman Pays Tribute To Johnny Mercer On Piano Jazz
Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of songwriter and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Pianist-singer and Mercer enthusiast Daryl Sherman brings her sophisticated swing and witty charm to the show for perf...
Why A Jazz Festival Is Asking Musicians To 'Do It Yourself'
The Undead Music Festival hosts a nationwide "Night of the Living DIY" this Friday, organizing house concerts from Oakland to Brooklyn. As one grassroots concert presenter explains, living rooms mi...
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