Jazz
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Carla Bley, Free Jazz Pioneer, Dead at 87
The celebrated musician was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018
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Richard Davis, Legendary Jazz Bassist Who Conjured Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks,' Dead at 93
Prolific bassist, adept at many genres, played on albums by jazz greats like Pharoah Sanders and Eric Dolphy to rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon
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Grammys Add Three New Categories, Including Best African Performance and Pop Dance Recording
"By introducing these three new categories, we are able to acknowledge and appreciate a broader array of artists," said Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy
- New Trophies
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Long-Lost John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Set From 1961 Unearthed for Release
Evenings at the Village Gate, rediscovered in the New York Public Library's archives, recorded in months prior to saxophonist's legendary Village Vanguard shows
- My Favorite Things
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How Digable Planets' Crate-Digging Debut Revolutionized Rap
30 years after its February 1993 release, a new generation of forward-thinking artists cite Reachin’ as a touchstone
- Golden Age
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How Cortex's 'Troupeau Bleu' Became Hip-Hop's Favorite French Jazz Album
Tyler, the Creator, Rick Ross, and Madlib are all fans of the psychedelic 1975 LP. Now, decades later, the group is ready to take its rightful place as a key influence
- Diggin' in the Crates
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Nabil Ayers Looks Back on His First Sit-Down With His Jazz-Legend Father
In an excerpt from his new memoir, My Life in the Sunshine, the drummer and label owner delves into his complex relationship with vibraphone great Roy Ayers — the father he barely knew
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Tuba Luminary Theon Cross Wants to Bring the 'Life Force of Breath' to All Your Bass Lines
On his second album, Intra-I, Cross uses his instrument to explore grime, reggae, dub, soca, hip-hop, and dancehall, as well his inner self and family history
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Dos Santos Are at Their Most Free on 'City of Mirrors'
"We always recognize that we’re not just making this music, but we’re making it in a specific and situated way: As Latinos in the U.S."
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John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle' Shows That His Masterpiece Was a Perpetual Work in Progress
On a newly unearthed 1965 run-through of his legendary suite, the saxophonist bridged his brilliant middle period and his final, incandescent search
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