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Jazz pioneer Wayne Shorter dies at 89
The saxophonist was part of two seminal groups, the Miles Davis Quintet and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers
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Doris Duke Foundation announces major increase in cash prizes to dance, jazz and theater artists
Tap dancer Ayodele Casel, trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah among 10th anniversary class of winners
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Ramsey Lewis made popular music. In jazz, that was a problem.
Despite the critics, he was a great musician and a great man
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Samara Joy is a throwback jazz singer with a TikTok sensibility
Only 22, she is debuting at the Newport Jazz Festival
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New jazz mentorship program aims to boost careers of women and non-binary musicians
Giants from Esperanza Spalding to Wayne Shorter are aiding Next Jazz Legacy
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From Miles Davis to Biggie, James Mtume was a Renaissance man of music
Best known for ‘Juicy Fruit,’ the Grammy winner was respected across the musical spectrum
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Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: a dream collaboration for ‘Iphigenia’
Their opera based on the Greek myth took six years to make
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Billie Holiday deserves better
Men continually failed Billie Holiday when she was alive. They’re still doing it.
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Jazz musicians see signs of hope despite repeated questions about its popularity
New animated movie, ‘Soul’ stars Jamie Foxx as a jazz music teacher