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Marcus Miller – review

4614 days ago

Guardian Music — Cheltenham jazz festivalA circus big top felt like just the right place to hear that breathtaking trapeze-artist of the bass guitar, Marcus Miller – the Cheltenham Jazz Festival having vacated its worthy town hall annexes in favour of an upbeat ca... more info

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Blog jam: Hard Format

4617 days ago

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, a site celebrating music-related designWho are you and what's your blog called?Colin Buttimer – Hard Format.Where are you based?London. Describe you... more info

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Teddy Charles

4620 days ago

Guardian Music — Virtuoso vibraphonist, composer and skipper in the CaribbeanTeddy Charles, who has died aged 84, was a virtuoso vibraphonist and a boldly experimental composer. In the 1960s, he temporarily gave up jazz to live on Martinique, where he became one of t... more info

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Homeland resonates to jazz – but what other shows benefit from great music?

4624 days ago

Guardian Music — Carrie listens to Thelonius Monk, while Treme is also filled with jazz, proving a powerful soundtrack can enhance any TV plotThe squeaks and squalls of jazz are an essential part of Homeland. Music features frequently in the Channel 4 US import, from... more info

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John Fordham's month in jazz

4624 days ago

Guardian Music — In this first of a series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks out his musical milestones from the past few weeks. Tell us in the comments section below if there's things we've missed, plus what you'd like to see John covering in next month's colum... more info

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Tony Marsh

4627 days ago

Guardian Music — Jazz percussionist whose drumming combined intensity with restraintThe percussionist Tony Marsh, who has died of cancer aged 72, was an inspired collaborator, combining intensity with restraint and stroking the drums more than he struck them. He work... more info

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Wallace Roney: Home

4629 days ago

Guardian Music — (High Note)Although he is a stylistic descendant of Miles Davis, Wallace Roney constantly ignores the comfortable part of the legacy. His trumpet work has none of that winsome lyricism that gave Miles his great crossover appeal. Instead, he has consi... more info

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Michel Legrand – review

4639 days ago

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonMichel Legrand has the kind of musical CV that makes everyone else's look like a sick note. He's worked with jazz legends, scored hundreds of films and won three Oscars. His heart-tugging melodies have been performed by everyone... more info

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Abram Wilson – review

4644 days ago

Guardian Music — Pizza Express Jazz Club, LondonBeing a jazz performer with his own vivid stories to tell, the London-based US trumpeter/vocalist Abram Wilson probably won't be bursting into grateful tears at comparisons with Wynton Marsalis. He would probably twist ... more info

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Nikki Iles: Hush – review

4652 days ago

Guardian Music — (Basho)Maybe because she doesn't play Radiohead or splice jazz with hip-hop, pianist Nikki Iles can be sidelined as unfashionably orthodox – but she's one of the UK's best-kept secrets, with a silvery touch and uncloying emotional warmth. This sess... more info

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