Jazz

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  Winnipeg's Super Duty Tough Work Sign to Next Door Records, Share New Single "First Strike"

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2022

  Super Duty Tough Work have their noses back to the grindstone: the Winnipeg-formed art-rap collective have officially signed to Next Door R...

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  Pharoah Sanders Dead at 81

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2022

  Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died. He was 81. The news was announced by David Byrne's Luaka Bop, the label that released...

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  The Comet Is Coming Seek Rapture in Rhythm on the Cosmic 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam'

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022

  Since their debut, the Comet Is Coming has flipped the script on what a jazz trio can muster. Comprised of Shabaka Hutchings (sax and shaku...

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  Makaya McCraven's Illuminating 'In These Times' Is a Crate Digger's Paradise

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2022

  Anyone familiar with the work of Makaya McCraven has an idea of what to expect from In These Times, his 2022 full-length effort for contemp...

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  Badge Époque Ensemble Expand Their Compositional Horizons on 'Clouds of Joy'

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022

  Not unlike the meteorological namesake of Clouds of Joy, their third full-length album, Badge Époque Ensemble have taken a handful of diffe...

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  Prolific Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis Dies at 87

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2022

  Ramsey Lewis — the Grammy-winning jazz composer, pianist and broadcast host who recorded over 80 albums across a career of more than five d...

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  The Smile, Sons of Kemet Drummer Tom Skinner Announces New Solo Album

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2022

  Tom Skinner — the drummer, producer and composer known best for his work with Sons of Kemet and Radiohead offshoot the Smile — has readied...

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  Jon Batiste Exits 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

  PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2022

  Jon Batiste has left The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, having served as bandleader since the show's inception in 2015. Louis Cato, who h...