The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
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The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Disasters Vol. 1 (Hot Cup) Bassist Moppa Elliott’s MOPDtK……...
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
Vocalist Somi will release her full-length personal tribute to the legendary Miriam Makeba on March…
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
Originally published on September 3, 2021. By Lissette Corsa The extraordinary life of South African……...
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
A new collection of a spiritual jazz legend’s previously unreleased recordings; a visionary guitarist’s personal…
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
The winners of the 63rd GRAMMY Awards were announced on March 14 during a ceremony…
The next generation of jazz leaders does not hesitate to push past artistic boundaries. From……...
Remember record stores? Remember the thrill of turning your friends on to new music by…
Jazz big band culture remains the lingua franca of American music academies as well as state-funded ensembles……...
This winter was supposed to be different for jazz vocalist Somi. The singer, who was…
Herbie Hancock, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and the chairman of the newly named Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, had a message for the thousands of spectators on hand at the Hamer Auditorium in Melbourne, Australia, on April 30, as well as for the millions of fans watching him online via live web stream: “Jazz,” he said, “is the universal language of peace.”
Say “G’day” to your 2019 International Jazz Day lineup. Today, the UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock announced the program for the 2019 edition of International Jazz Day, which will be launched in Australia and celebrated in more than 190 countries.
Somi’s vocals are delicate yet visceral, and her lyrics are equally powerful, illustrating the gentrification of Harlem’s African immigrant community.