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Jazz bandleader Kamasi Washington has released Fearless Movement, a new album inspired by dance.
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More than half a century after trumpeter Lee Morgan's tragic death, he's receiving due recognition in Philadelphia and beyond.
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With a third archival release, 'Reaching for the Stars,' the elusive pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali comes just a bit more into focus.
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Jahari Stampley, a dazzling young pianist from Chicago, took first prize at the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition, prevailing over a field of 10 other competitors.
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A New Orleans-based composer and pianist, Courtney Bryan sees her work as a form of truth-telling.
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'Procession Along the Aciga Tree,' a new recording by PRISM Quartet, reflects Susie Ibarra's deep connections to the natural world, the cultural rites of the Philippines, and the language of improvisation.
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Philly's own Joe Block and Jordan Isaiah Williams are among the young players who will compete in the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition, on Oct. 14 and 15.
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Paula Abreu, Director of Presented Programming at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, aimed for a balance of fresh and familiar in her inaugural season.
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'Sardinia,' featuring Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, is another grace note from pianist Chick Corea, who died in 2021.
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Pianist Sumi Tonooka and the presenting organization Ars Nova Workshop are among The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s 2023 grantees, the organization announced today.
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"I Can't Help It," a Stevie Wonder song most famously recorded by Michael Jackson, perfectly suits säje's intricacies of style. Watch a video performance of the song, in a WRTI premiere.
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With jazz legends like Herbie Hancock and Henry Threadgill and new music stars like Davóne Tines and Caroline Shaw, a 2024 festival lineup puts the "big" in Big Ears.