Jazz

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  Roy Ayers Announces First New Album in Nine Years

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2020

  Jazz-funk legend Roy Ayers has announced his first new album in nine years. The mallet master has teamed with A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Sh...

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  Ryan Porter & the West Coast Get Down's 'Live in Paris at New Morning' Is the Closest Thing to a Jazz Show Right Now

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020

  Trombone player and composer Ryan Porter is probably best known for his frequent collaborations with saxophone prodigy Kamasi Washington. H...

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  GoFundMe Launched for Beverly Glenn-Copeland

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2020

  A crowdfunding effort has been launched in support of Beverly Glenn-Copeland and wife Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland, who are "essentially homele...

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  Oh Sees' John Dwyer Forms Supergroup Bent Arcana

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2020

  Oh Sees overseer John Dwyer has announced the formation of a new supergroup. Dubbed Bent Arcana, the project will release a self-titled deb...

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  Edmonton's Mallory Chipman & the Mystics Obliterate Genre on Shapeshifting 'Aquarian'

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2020

  Edmonton five-piece Mallory Chipman & the Mystics whisk their listeners through Aquarian — an unapologetic, constantly shapeshifting, colou...

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  Erykah Badu and D'Angelo Appear on Slingbaum's "Behoove"

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2020

  Back in January, a mysterious artist named Slingbaum detailed a three-song EP with a star-studded guestlist including Erykah Badu, D'Angelo...

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  Legendary Jazz Drummer Jimmy Cobb Dies at 91

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2020

  Jimmy Cobb — a legendary American jazz drummer known best for playing on Miles Davis's seminal 1959 album Kind of Blue — has died. Cobb's w...

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  Kamasi Washington / Leon Bridges Sideman Joshua Crumbly Steps Out on His Own with 'Rise'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

  Although bassist Joshua Crumbly has had quite the success as a sideman, collaborating and touring with the likes of Kamasi Washington, Leon...