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Jazz Saved the Bassist Luke Stewart. Now He’s Working to Rescue Others.
New York Times· 23 minutes agoOn a Sunday afternoon in March, Luke Stewart — a bassist and composer who has gradually emerged as a...
Vampire Weekend Covered Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan At New Orleans Jazz Fest: Watch
Stereogum· 23 hours agoVampire Weekend performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Saturday, and they broke...
Nick Daniels III, New Orleans musician and bassist of Dumpstaphunk, dies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Nick Daniels III,bassist of New Orleans band...
Music 'haven of freedom' Tangiers hosts global jazz festival
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Moroccan city of Tangiers, which has a long history as a haven of inspiration for American jazz...
Books + Records Presents: BRUNCH + Live Jazz with The Grinnells
KPBS San Diego· 1 day agoMELONIE GRINNELL is an active as an educator and performer. Melonie received her Bachelors of Music...
Dumpstaphunk bassist Nick Daniels III, a New Orleans funk stalwart for decades, has died
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 2 days agoDaniels died on the second day of the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. A week after his...
Review: Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a spirited, if uneven, collaboration...
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoThen again, it’s not every day the CSO shares a crammed Orchestra Hall stage with an ensemble like...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSinger Clint Holmes is 78. Actor Anthony Higgins (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 77. Musician Billy Joel is 75. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is...
Rhythm Future Quartet brings Gypsy jazz to KAC in Clinton
Rome Sentinel· 1 day agoThe Kirkland Art Center will present a special concert of Gypsy jazz with the Boston-based band...
Meet Ava Mendoza the punk-reared jazz guitar maverick turning breath work to fretwork
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWith influences taken from so many genres, it’s fair to wonder what’s kept Mendoza interested enough...
