Jazz

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  The Notwist Forge Musical Links from Broken Global Barriers on 'Vertigo Days'

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2021

  After three decades of bandhood and counting, German outfit the Notwist, formed by brothers Micha and Markus Acher, have long illustrated t...

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  Badge Époque Ensemble Announce New Album 'Future, Past & Present'

  PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2021

  Less than two months after dropping sophomore album Self Help, Toronto avant-jazz crew Badge Époque Ensemble have announced a follow-up. Fu...

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  Viagra Boys Tear Themselves Open on Cathartic 'Welfare Jazz'

  PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2021

  Viagra Boys have aggressively explored their past struggles, negative habits and self-defeats. Life as a musician is a road filled with tem...

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  Italian Library Legend Sandro Brugnolini Dead at 89

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2020

  Italian library hero Sandro Brugnolini has died. News broke late this evening that the maestro — known for library classics such as Feeling...

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  'Soul' Filmmakers Explain How Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Helped Them Conjure the Afterlife

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2020

  Life is a bit like jazz — an emotional journey full of improvisation and wrong notes. That's what makes jazz musician Joe Gardner (voiced b...

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  Larnell Lewis Finds New Ways to Explore Old Favourites on 'Relive the Moment'

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2020

  With names like Snarky Puppy, Laila Biali, Gregory Porter, and Joshua Redman on his CV, drummer Larnell Lewis has no shortage of artists ea...

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  Seba Kaapstad Embody the Spirit of Collaboration on 'Konke'

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2020

  The collective Seba Kaapstad embody the spirit of collaboration and experimentation; their latest release, Konke, takes its name from the Z...

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  Petr Cancura, Charlie Hunter and Geoff Clapp Channel Collaborative Joy on 'Don't Let It Stop!'

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2020

  Born in the Czech Republic and raised in Ottawa, saxophonist Petr Cancura brings a world of influence to his craft. After a sojourn in Broo...