Nate Chinen
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Trumpeter Duane Eubanks and trombonist and singer Hailey Brinnel are among the highlights in the coming week for jazz in Philadelphia. (And yes, Kenny G is also in town.) -
The composer, in a new collaboration with the Grammy-winning choir The Crossing, uses the words of Jeff Bezos and William Penn to explore connections among farming, colonialism and capitalism. -
Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block. -
In the mid-2000s, Ambrose Akinmusire was a student at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. He returns to the organization, now known as the Hancock Institute, as Artistic Director. -
Pianist Marilyn Crispell, saxophonist Kirk Whalum, and drummer Devin Gray are among the artists performing in Philadelphia in the coming week. Learn more in Moment's Notice, WRTI's weekly jazz listings. -
The indefatigable saxophonist who helped redefine jazz in the late 1960s died in his sleep Thursday. -
The artist's first album as a lead for Blue Note grew from a jarring realignment in her personal life. On The Omnichord Real Book, she finds ways to embrace jazz without taking on its baggage. -
The recording made at NYC's Village Gate during the summer of 1961, when the John Coltrane quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy, was thought lost until it was discovered in the New York Public Library. -
In its Tiny Desk performance, the trio makes music strictly for the moment — creating a shared language in real time. -
Brian Blade's band makes jazz-inflected, gospel-rooted music suffused with a glowing consonance.
