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The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024
1 week, 6 days ago

The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024

NPR  

The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024 toggle caption Craig Allyn For anyone in the habit of touting jazz as a living art form, it can feel both nourishing and a little perilous to stand in awe at the wonders of the past. YouTube Alice Coltrane The Carnegie Hall Concert The term "spiritual jazz" has rarely felt more warranted than it …

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The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024

Slate  

It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, though I should add that none of the music here is mellow or merely tuneful; it is all adventurous, even assertive, in its ways. David Murray …

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Roy Haynes, bebop jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane
1 month ago

Roy Haynes, bebop jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane

The Telegraph  

Four years later he moved to New York to join Luis Russell’s big band, then in 1947 he joined the influential tenor saxophonist Lester Young, and two years later featured on the seminal album The Amazing Bud Powell alongside the eponymous pianist and bebop pioneer. That year, he also became Charlie Parker’s go-to drummer, replacing the great Max Roach. “I …

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Saxophonist Colin Stetson's performance style is breathtaking, literally : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Saxophonist Colin Stetson's performance style is breathtaking, literally : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR

NPR  

Saxophonist Colin Stetson's performance style is breathtaking, literally Enlarge this image toggle caption Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist Set List "The Six" "The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man" "Spindrift" There may be no better way to describe Colin Stetson's art than as "breathtaking." He is able to tell rich stories without a single lyric, …

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Experimenting with style: saxophonist Nubya Garcia, and metal trio Black Aleph
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Experimenting with style: saxophonist Nubya Garcia, and metal trio Black Aleph

ABC  

London-based tenor saxophonist, bandleader and composer Nubya Garcia is in Australia for Melbourne International Jazz Festival and to play shows in support of her new album Odyssey. And, experimental trio Black Aleph are in to perform music live from their debut album Apsides. Nubya Garcia has one more gig in Australia - Saturday 26th October at the Fremantle Arts Centre. …

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Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert
2 months, 1 week ago

Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR  

Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert Grammy-nominated saxophonist Kamasi Washington brought down the house at his Tiny Desk Concert. The DJ is responsible for mixing in a little sample of the rapper Kendrick Lamar shouting out the saxophonist — “keep a horn on me / that Kamasi” — at the top of “Street Fighter Mas.” Also accompanying Washington are his father, …

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Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95
3 months ago

Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95

The Independent  

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Saxophonist Nubya Garcia writes her own Odyssey, string section and all
3 months ago

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia writes her own Odyssey, string section and all

NPR  

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia writes her own Odyssey, string section and all The London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the diverse sounds on her new album Odyssey. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The saxophonist Nubya Garcia gets asked about it all the time. CHANG: Garcia's new album "Odyssey" features a range of female artists she's admired from …

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Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin on creating a mood and facing your fears
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin on creating a mood and facing your fears

NPR  

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin on creating a mood and facing your fears SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Last year saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin had an idea- Take the songs from her most recent album, "Phoenix," reimagine them, and then play them live for a studio audience. DETROW: Legends like trumpeter Randy Brecker and guitarist John Scofield - it was a bold move, but bold …

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David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78
7 months, 1 week ago

David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is ” and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78. “The news of the loss of David Sanborn to the music world …

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Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78
7 months, 1 week ago

Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78

NPR  

Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 Enlarge this image toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images David Sanborn, whose keening cry on alto saxophone was as bright and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon during a career that spanned nearly 60 years and included collaborations with everyone from David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, died on …

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Casey Benjamin dead at 45: Grammy-award winning saxophonist played with Beyonce, John Legend and Lady Gaga
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Casey Benjamin dead at 45: Grammy-award winning saxophonist played with Beyonce, John Legend and Lady Gaga

Daily Mail  

Saxophonist Casey Benjamin has died at age 45. Benjamin, 45, earned two Grammys during his career and played for Beyonce, John Legend, Lady Gaga, and the Robert Glasper Experiment band during his prolific career. Saxophonist Casey Benjamin has died at age 45; pictured 2016 Benjamin went on to win two Grammy Awards with Glasper's band. Benjamin, 45, earned two Grammys …

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Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer
1 year, 9 months ago

Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer

NPR  

Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer Shorter, who died March 2, was inspired by film and literature, as much as by sounds. GROSS: Jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter died on March 2 at age 89, more than 60 years since he began recording. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Shorter was an inquisitive innovator inspired by film and …

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Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott heat things up in their 'Cookbook' sessions
1 year, 10 months ago

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott heat things up in their 'Cookbook' sessions

NPR  

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott heat things up in their 'Cookbook' sessions Tenor saxophonist Davis and organist Scott had one of the great jazz partnerships in the late 1950s. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and organist Shirley Scott had one of the great jazz partnerships in the late 1950s. KEVIN WHITEHEAD, BYLINE: "Heat 'N …

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Saxophonist Henry Threadgill: ‘An artist needs to be uncompromising and willing to make sacrifices’
2 years, 1 month ago

Saxophonist Henry Threadgill: ‘An artist needs to be uncompromising and willing to make sacrifices’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “America was going backwards after the increased freedom and …

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Youngbloods: Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
2 years, 2 months ago

Youngbloods: Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

NPR  

Youngbloods: Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins Enlarge this image toggle caption Rog Walker/Amna Ijaz/NPR Rog Walker/Amna Ijaz/NPR Immanuel Wilkins is taking cues from the Holy Spirit: The alto saxophonist and composer's foundations in Pentecostal and Baptist churches were an introduction to the concept of becoming a vessel, of creating in service of God. Sponsor Message In this final edition of our Youngblood …

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Pharoah Sanders, legendary jazz musician, dies at 81
2 years, 3 months ago

Pharoah Sanders, legendary jazz musician, dies at 81

LA Times  

Pharaoh Sanders in 1990 at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” Born in Little Rock, Ark., into a musical family, Sanders came up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he played alongside many of the area’s best musicians, including fellow saxophonists Dewey Redman and …

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Let’s talk about sax, baby: How one of music’s most maligned instruments reconquered pop and indie
3 years, 5 months ago

Let’s talk about sax, baby: How one of music’s most maligned instruments reconquered pop and indie

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nick Jonas’s new album, Spaceman, is splashed in sax …

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