Jazz
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Les McCann, Pianist, Singer and Soul Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 88
He released more than 50 albums but had his greatest commercial success with “Compared to What,” a recording that came…
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Carla Bley, Jazz Composer, Arranger and Provocateur, Dies at 87
Her music, which ranged from chamber miniatures to blaring fanfares, was suffused with a slyly subversive attitude.
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Jazz’s Hancock Competition Returns, Crowning an Electrifying Rising Star
Jahari Stampley, a 23-year-old pianist from Chicago, won the prize as the genre’s premier coronation ceremony for young talent was…
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Robert Glasper Leans Into the Drama
Mounting his fifth annual residency at the Blue Note (after a viral beef at the Grammys), the pianist, producer and…
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals
Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong were A-list celebrities at the top of their art form. Today’s jazz…
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Best Jazz Albums of 2022
In a year of growth and reflection, the music stretched and relocated in often unpredictable ways.
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A Posthumous Solo Album Reveals a Jazz Star’s Melancholy
Following the death of Esbjörn Svensson, a pianist and one of Europe’s most influential jazz musicians, in a scuba diving…
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