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Wayne Shorter – review

4225 days ago

Guardian Music — Birmingham Town HallOne certainly couldn't accuse Wayne Shorter, even in his 80th year, of pandering to the masses. Playing the only UK date in his brief European tour, there was no "Hello Birmingham!", no preamble, no band introductions, no whimsica... more info

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Aruan Ortiz/Michael Janisch Quintet: Banned in London – review

4226 days ago

Guardian Music — (Whirlwind)London-based US bassist Michael Janisch co-led this sharp group with his Cuban pianist friend Aruan Ortiz at at the London jazz festival last year, and this is the resulting live recording, with saxophonist Greg Osby, trumpeter Raynald Col... more info

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This week's new live music

4232 days ago

Guardian Music — The Walkmen, on tourThe Walkmen have always seemed older than their years. In part this has been down to what we know of their backgrounds in Jonathan Fire*Eater, a mid-90s group whose brilliance was hobbled by narcotic baggage. From the off, though,... more info

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Classic jazz in spotlight as Moody jazz fest salutes Miles Davis, Gil Evans

4237 days ago

Topix — There were French horns at the James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival last night. more info

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Eddie Bert obituary

4250 days ago

Guardian Music — American jazz trombonist and big-band sideman who played with Stan Kenton and Benny GoodmanThe American jazz trombonist Eddie Bert has died aged 90. A big-band sideman, Broadway show musician and studio player, Bert also excelled as a small-group jaz... more info

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The 20 best Prince songs you've never heard

4261 days ago

Guardian Music — From the 50-minute epic guitar workout Billy to the minimalist electro funk of Love, Matt Thorne, author of a new biography of the purple one, chooses 20 little-known Prince gemsWhen Prince plays a big show, the setlist is familiar. He knows people w... more info

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Miles Davis Quintet: Swiss Radio Days – review

4265 days ago

Guardian Music — (TCB)Davis completed recording the most celebrated jazz album in history, the revolutionary Kind of Blue, in April 1959. It changed the way jazz would be played and heard from then on. He was still working through its implications a year later, when ... more info

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How to invent shoegaze without trying

4269 days ago

Guardian Music — A week after joking at a party that he was in a band, Rudy Tambala found himself at the start of a journey that produced some of the 80s' most extraordinary musicThe way Rudy Tambala tells it, his band AR Kane should never really have existed. Surely... more info

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Carlos Santana: 'My daughter beat me at Guitar Hero'

4269 days ago

Guardian Music — He once did so much acid he thought his guitar was a snake. But don't worry, these days Carlos Santana is more interested in singing through his fingers and comparing himself to a horseGood evening Carlos, how are you?I'm grateful! Happy!What do you ... more info

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Illegal music filesharing is now mainstream | Lanre Bakare

4270 days ago

Guardian Music — The Digital Music Index shows just how popular illegal downloading – particularly of Ed Sheeran – has becomeIf you're like me and the vast majority of people in the UK, on Monday morning you discovered many people in your area risked legal action... more info

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