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Ray Bryant obituary

5007 days ago
Guardian MusicVersatile pianist and a member of a musical dynasty, he bridged the jazz generationsThe distinguished African-American pianist Ray Bryant, who has died aged 79 after a long illness, became a fixture of the jazz mainstream after enjoying a measure of... more info

Michel Legrand – review

5007 days ago
Guardian MusicRonnie Scott's, LondonMichel Legrand's unique songs still glow long after many of the movies they were written for have vanished. (Other movies haven't: the multi-Grammy-winning composer and jazz pianist's hits also include The Thomas Crowne Affair, ... more info

The sax is back

5012 days ago
Guardian MusicWith artists from Lady Gaga to Deerhunter currently sneaking in sax sounds, David Renshaw finds the instrument's curves are in all the right placesWhile Odd Future, Lisa Simpson, Lady Gaga and Bill Clinton may seem like a bizarre sort of supergroup, ... more info

All that jazz

5026 days ago
Guardian MusicPhilip Larkin loved trad jazz. John Harris grew up thinking nothing before bebop was worth listening to. So he tried to discover the appeal of Ellington and Basie"I can live a week without poetry," Philip Larkin said in 1965, "but not a day without j... more info

Billy Bang obituary

5043 days ago
Guardian MusicJazz violinist whose playing had a powerful lyrical sense and a mischievous streakAs the instrument often taken to represent the soul of western classical music, the violin has seemed untouchable to many jazz artists. However, a few have sidestepped ... more info

Cheltenham jazz festival

5045 days ago
Guardian MusicVarious venues, CheltenhamAn American saxophone legend wearing the mantle of John Coltrane, a virtuosic British duo working the cracks between jazz and modern chamber-music, and a star jazz eccentric were among Saturday's confirmations of the Chelten... more info

John Coltrane, Ray Charles celebrated at 'Impulse! Nights'

5053 days ago
TopixJohn Coltrane, Ray Charles celebrated as part of 'Impulse! Nights' at the Jazz Standard. more info

John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop – April 69 – review

5062 days ago
Guardian Music(Cuneiform) The presence of John Coltrane looms over this session – a previously unreleased TV show made for NDR in Hamburg in 1969, almost two years after Coltrane had died. The British saxophonist John Surman (then a 24-year-old rising star) was... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Anthony Braxton swims against the tide

5063 days ago
Guardian MusicA Coltrane devotee who liked Brubeck's Take Five? Anthony Braxton has always been at odds with orthodox jazz thinkingIn the 1980s, after a period of eclipse by fusion, more traditional approaches to jazz were in resurgence – a subject I'll return t... more info

sunday evening blogosphere updates

5066 days ago
Totally FuzzyRadio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 4111 One musical door leads to another. Crack open your mind and jam with Mother Superior, Dwight Twilley, The Beatles, John Cale, Motorpycho, James Blood Ulmer/Bill Laswell/Ronald Shannon Jackson and Eric Burd... more info

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