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Ahmad Jamal dead: Jazz legend and Grammy lifetime achievement winner dies at 92
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGroundbreaking jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal died this weekend, as per reports in the New...
Harold Lopéz-Nussa returns to Payomet, debuting new album with Blue Note Records
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHarold López-Nussa, a Cuban jazz pianist and composer, returns to the Payomet Performing Arts Center...
Wayne Shorter to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Jazz Music Awards: Full Nominations List
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSaxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is slated to receive a lifetime achievement award at the...
The future of fusion is funk: 50 years of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Head Hunters’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTheGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters” album signaled a funky turn in so-called jazz...
Notes and tones: New sub-genres and seasoned players — always something to discover
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJazz is as much about ongoing discovery as anything — both for musicians and us listeners. Jazz is...
Wayne Shorter, influential jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 89
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHonoree Wayne Shorter attends the 41st annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington in 2018. (Greg...
Wayne Shorter, Legendary Jazz Saxophonist, Dead at 89
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 11-time Grammy winner played in Miles Davis' quintet and co-founded Weather Report. Wayne...
Yellowjackets bring the buzz to the 2023 Wichita Jazz Festival
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA pioneering fusion group is headlining this year’s Wichita Jazz Festival. Yellowjackets, which...
Move over guitar rock – Ezra Collective’s propulsive jazz is the true sound of modern Britain
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe token jazz album has always been something of an anomaly in the history of the Mercury Music...
Tribute to the Women in Jazz brings in top names to Word of South
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some...