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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to Head New Jazz Caucus, Presents New Preservation Bill

n my opinion, nobody can deny that American politics over the last 2 years has reached a new low. Yet there is some light in these dark times. Recently Billboard Magazine reported...

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A grand festival to celebrate the genius of Oscar Peterson

Recently journalist Howard Reich reported in the Olando Sentinel news of a new jazz festival to honor Canada’s great gift to jazz: piano virtuoso Peterson. The festival will...

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Sonny Rollins Donates Major Gift to Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Renowned Ohio based conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory of Music announced that Sonny Rollins has donated a generous gift to establish he Oberlin Conservatory of Music Sonny...

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Old photo leads to question Is This Really Robert Johnson?

The New York Times published an article by Mark Bussell today shedding light on what seems to be the third authentic image of the legendary Blues icon Robert Johnson. Johnson has...

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The story behind the Iconic Jazz photograph – A Great Day in Harlem

HISTORY IN THE MAKING The January 1959 issue of Esquire in which Art Kane’s photo originally appeared…Sarah Goodyear wrote this fascinating back story published in the...

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Why the Williamsburg Bridge Should Be Renamed After Sonny Rollins

Fred Kaplan has written a very interesting article in Slate magazine . The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins’...

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How Rudy Van Gelder Shaped the Sound of Jazz as We Know It.

Yesterday marked the birthday of Rudy van Gelder, the recording engineer who shaped the sound of jazz. Regarded as the most important recording engineer of jazz by some observers,...

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10 Living Legends of Jazz Prove Nobody Can Out-Dress the OGs

Jazz and high fashion are not the most likely bed partners however GQ Magazine recently published an expose with jazz greats including Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter...

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How Brains See Music as Language

The Atlantic published an interesting article highlighting the results of a new Johns Hopkins study that looks at the neuroscience of jazz and the power of improvisation. The...

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Thelonious Monk – 100th birthday anniversary

Lately we have seen a plethora of new albums being released that are in some way related to the music of Thelonious Monk. Logical considering the fact that 2017 is the 100th...

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Culture Clubs: A History Of The U.S. Jazz Clubs, Part I: New Orleans And Chicago

All About Jazz published part one of a new series by Karl Ackermann looking at the history of Jazz Clubs in the United Sates. Part one goes back to the roots and looks at the...

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