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Here are jazz's 12 most important musicians

3877 days ago
Mercury News, California — Some, like Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter are legends, other like Cassandra Wilson and Jason Moran, are leading the way to new directions. more info
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Wayne Shorter Q&A: life lessons through music

3919 days ago
Mercury News, California — Conversing with the great saxophonist and composer was a trip, like listening to his music. He was enigmatic one minute, nothing but entertaining the next, doing spot-on imitations of his friends Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Sonny Rollins. more info
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Spring arts 2014: Jazz

3936 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Concerts to watch out for include Joshua Redman Quartet with the Brad Mehldau Trio, Chick Corea and Bela Fleck and the Bad Plus.The spring reliably brings a fresh crop of music, and a new live release from saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins (May 6) and... more info
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Sonny Rollins may cancel April 20 Los Angeles show

4310 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Impassioned L.A. fans of Sonny Rollins (you know who you are) may have to wait a while longer to hear the legendary jazz saxophonist perform live at a venue near us. more info
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Pete La Roca

4406 days ago
Guardian Music — Inventive 60s jazz drummer who played with Rollins, Coltrane and GetzTo Pete La Roca, the American jazz drummer and composer, who has died aged 74, jazz was a swinging music that contained the promise of surprise. When jazz stopped swinging, and stop... more info
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Hall/Wheeler – review

4416 days ago
Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonEvidence for jazz's dynamic balance of past, present and future has been easy to find at the 2012 London jazz festival – in its profusion of young talent, but also in the continuing creativity of old stars such as Sonny ... more info
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Sonny Rollins/Egberto Gismonti – review

4417 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican/Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMerely by setting foot on stage bearing a tenor saxophone and scattering a few clues to his signature calypso, St Thomas, Sonny Rollins does enough to make a London jazz festival crowd feel privileged to be in th... more info
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Sonny Rollins Trio: Live in Europe 1959 – review

4427 days ago
Guardian Music — (Solar)On this this set of live trio recordings from March 1959, the perfectionist virtuoso Sonny Rollins is at a crossroads, established as a star after his 50s albums, such as Saxophone Colossus, but just about to make his famous three-year withdr... more info
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David S Ware

4442 days ago
Guardian Music — Radical free-jazz saxophonist with a devoted followingDavid S Ware, the saxophonist whose monumental sound matched his physical stature, has died aged 62 following complications from a kidney transplant he underwent in 2009. Ware, who was mentored by... more info
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Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – September

4469 days ago
Guardian Music — In this fifth of a series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks out his musical milestones from recent 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 edition1) D... more info
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