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courtesy of Newvelle Records'There is a Dance' is Elan Mehler's homage to his late mother, with bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Francisco Mela. It will be released as part of The Renewal Collection at Newvelle Records, starting Sept. 15. -
Andile Buka/As WBGO looks ahead to our 2023 trip to South Africa, here are five new tracks by South African jazz artists who are pushing the art form forward.
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Today BRIC announced the eighth annual BRIC JazzFest, which will take place Oct. 20-22, with a guest curation by trumpeter Maurice Brown.
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Have a first taste of Mal Waldron's 'Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert,' due out on Tompkins Square Records on Sept. 23.
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A lot of great music is ahead this weekend at the Newport Jazz Festival, and WBGO can help get you there. Meanwhile, here are five acts to get excited about.
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Michael Henderson, a funky, energizing bassist who worked with Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis before launching a potent R&B career in the mid-’70s, died on July 19th. He was 71.
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Along with the all-star band formerly known as the Joshua Redman Quartet, this Take Five boasts two killer piano-and-drum duos, a tasty organ quartet, and a hermetic studio production.
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The up-and-coming musicians in Next Jazz Legacy join the program's artistic director, drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington, in performance from Yamaha Studio NYC.
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'Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival,' due out on Candid on Sept. 9, captures a climactic set from 2017, featuring Wayne Shorter with Terri Lyne Carrington, esperanza spalding and Leo Genovese.
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The Montclair Jazz Festival's Downtown Jamboree, on Sept. 10, will bring thousands of fans to downtown Montclair, N.J., for a world-class lineup of artists.
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"What It Is" was recorded in Montreal on July 7, 1983.
