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Loz Speyer/Proyecto Evocación: Roots en Route | CD review

5363 days ago

Guardian Music — (Spherical Records)With his own Inner Space band, British trumpeter Loz Speyer often explores a spare but expressive kind of postbop jazz audibly linked to the legacy of Ornette Coleman – but he's fascinated by rhythmic experiments, particularly wi... more info

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Harry Beckett obituary

5366 days ago

Guardian Music — Jazz trumpeter and composer, his genial, unmistakable sound became legendaryBlindfold tests – invitations to identify players by listening to short snatches of their work – have always been popular challenges in jazz circles. There have been a fe... more info

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Great moments in jazz: Ornette Coleman defines the Shape of Jazz to Come

5369 days ago

Guardian Music — Initially regarded as a fraud or a fool, his playing influenced half a century of jazz – and this album defines his greatness more than any otherLast summer Ornette Coleman, the then 79 year-old saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer from F... more info

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RADIO/PODCAST: The Jazz Session #183: Charnett Moffett

5373 days ago

All About Jazz — Bassist Charnett Moffett grew up in a musical family. Which is to say, his dad played with Ornette Coleman and the whole Moffett family band was touring the world when Charnett was a kid. More than two decades later, Charnett is bringing that family ... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tomasz Stanko

5381 days ago

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Tomasz Stanko's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Tomasz StankoTomasz Stanko was 20 and a graduate of the Cracow Music Academy when he formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with pianist Adam Makowicz in 1962.... more info

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Billy Jenkins Voice of God Collective: Uncommerciality Vols 1-3 | CD review

5384 days ago

Guardian Music — (Download from cadizmusic.co.uk)As might be expected from the work of untameable Bromley guitar legend Billy Jenkins, this trilogy contains demented guitar solos, vocal choruses like a pub on a Saturday night, and chirpy kids attempting to sing throu... more info

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Fred Anderson obituary

5388 days ago

Guardian Music — Free-jazz saxophonist devoted to his hometown of ChicagoNew Orleans and New York are usually the frontrunners for iconic jazz towns, but Chicago comes very close. Louis Armstrong and the pioneering New Orleans jazz wave moved there in the northward m... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: George Wein on the Rebel Festival

5389 days ago

All About Jazz — Most people are unaware that in 1960, Newport, R.I., hosted not one but two jazz festivals. There was the big one that had been produced by George Wein since 1954. And there was a smaller, alternative festival put on by Charles Mingus. But after the ... more info

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Perry Robinson Trio: From A to Z | Jazz review

5391 days ago

Guardian Music — (Jazzwerkstatt)Some recordings are so unabashedly about the idiosyncrasies of the improvisers, specific references and the simplicity of the session that it's hard to see anyone but the faithful getting the point. This set, featuring clarinettist Per... more info

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AWARD: Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

5419 days ago

All About Jazz — Congratulations to Ornette Coleman! Ann Arbor, MI -- May 2010 -- Music legend Ornette Coleman received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation of the School ... more info

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Loz Speyer/Proyecto Evocación: Roots en Route | CD review

Harry Beckett obituary

Great moments in jazz: Ornette Coleman defines the Shape of Jazz to Come

RADIO/PODCAST: The Jazz Session #183: Charnett Moffett

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tomasz Stanko

Billy Jenkins Voice of God Collective: Uncommerciality Vols 1-3 | CD review

Fred Anderson obituary

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: George Wein on the Rebel Festival

Perry Robinson Trio: From A to Z | Jazz review

AWARD: Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

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