Nate Chinen
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Composer and alto saxophonist John Zorn brings eight eclectic bands to the Big Ears Festival stage, ranging from solo classical piano to all-out electrified jams.
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Temple University Jazz Band takes second place amid other honors at the Jack Rudin Jazz ChampionshipOn the whole and in constituent parts, the Temple University Jazz Band distinguished itself in the third invitational competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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During its first in-person edition since the start of the pandemic era, the Winter Jazzfest found familiar purpose and renewed conviction in delirious overabundance.
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"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.
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'Cookin’ with Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Cookbook Albums' compiles Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' 1958 sessions with Hammond B-3 organist and Philadelphia jazz legend Shirley Scott.
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We're heading into what might be the busiest weekend of the year for improvised music. Here are a few options to keep in mind.
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Jazz artist Jason Moran revisits the deep influence of Black composer and bandleader James Reese Europe, best known for serving with the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I.
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Two new works distinguished The Crossing's 2022 Christmas concert, which WRTI is proud to broadcast on Christmas Eve, from 4 to 6 p.m ET.
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After a year defined by emergence and creative combination, our critics zoom in on their own listening to choose one inescapable album and song each.
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'Letters To George' is the debut album by John Hollenbeck's new band GEORGE, featuring Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Aurora Nealand.