Jazz

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  Five Must-Sees at 2024's Halifax Jazz Festival

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2024

  Returning to its namesake city from July 9-14, TD's Halifax Jazz Festival is back this Summer with another crew of unmissable acts from the...

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  Arooj Aftab Announces New Album 'Night Reign,' North American Tour

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  Pakistani singer-songwriter/composer Arooj Aftab has announced a new album, shared alongside its lead single and a slate of North American...

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  Martin Scorsese Still Aims to Direct a Frank Sinatra Biopic: Report

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  Seven years after he declared the project to be "over," Martin Scorsese is reportedly still angling to direct a Frank Sinatra biopic...

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  The Smile's Tom Skinner Announces Double Album 'Voices of Bishara Live at "mu"'

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2024

  Tom Skinner — a founding member of both jazz band Sons of Kemet and the Smile with Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood — has...

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  Montreal Jazz Festival Gets André 3000, Norah Jones, Laufey for 2024 Edition

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  The Montreal Jazz Festival returns to action in la belle province this summer, and organizers have detailed the lineup of artists...

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  Andrew Bird Trio Announces New Mid-Century Jazz Tribute Album 'Sunday Morning Put-On'

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  Prolific musician Andrew Bird has unveiled a trio featuring Ted Poor and Alan Hampton, with whom he's releasing a new album paying tribute...

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  Phil Nimmons, the "Dean of Canadian Jazz," Dead at 100

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  Phil Nimmons — the clarinetist, composer and educator known as the "Dean of Canadian jazz" — has died. He was 100. A statement released by...

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  Stacey Kent Trio, Alison Young Trio Announce Joint Concert at Toronto's Royal Conservatory

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  The Royal Conservatory of Music has announced that Stacey Kent and Alison Young will play a joint concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto on May...