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Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, by Nina Simone

Nina Simone is one of the best interpreters in popular music. She wrote over 40 songs, including some of her best such as Mississippi Goddam and Four Women. However throughout her...

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s’wonderful Ella Fitzgerald Live in Amsterdam 1957 & 1960 Reviewed by Peter Beije

The ease with which she sings, the musicality, the range of her voice, her control and diction. Ella Fitzgerald truly is one of the greatest jazz singers in history. And what sets...

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Garth Knox & the Saltarello Trio – Plays…

Garth Knox & the Saltarello Trio Play “Leonard” from John Zorn’s Book of Angels Prague Music Performance Series at Palac Akropolis August 28 (Monday). Garth Knox, a...

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Turkish Mambo, by Lennie Tristano

The technique of overdubbing is second nature to recording artists and sound engineers. You record layers of musical performances one after another until you are satisfied that...

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Ray Charles last Raelette ~ Andromeda Turre ~ New live EP

After studying at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory, New York City native Andromeda Turre kickstarted her career as the last Raelette hired to sing for Ray...

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Mark Guiliana Impresses at Jazz Middelheim 2017

Editor’s note: Read Peter Beije’s daily roundup overview of his time spent at Jazz Middelheim 2017. I sometimes still question why I enjoy Jazz Middelheim that much....

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Herbie Hancock embarks on U.S. leg of his 2017 World Tour.

Featured Image: Douglas Kirkland Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his...

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Mads Mathias | A Modern Day Crooner

This summer Danish Singer and Saxophonist Mads Mathias returns to the UK for a number of performances including a BBC Prom appearance. Mads is already somewhat of a star in his...

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Chuck Loeb dies age 61.

Today the sad news of the death of guitarist, composer Chuck Loeb reached us. According to his family he passed away last night after battling cancer for several years. Best known...

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Chasing Trane ~ The New John Coltrane Documentary

This past week I was at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club to attend the private screening of a new documentary on jazz supreme saxophonist John Coltrane. The film, written and directed...

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Three Views of a Secret, a portrait of Jaco Pastorius

Joe Zawinul was not an easy man to impress, even if you were Jaco Pastorius. On a flight to Japan in 1981, when the rough mixes for what would become his second solo album Word of...

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