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An alert, expressive drummer, Albert "Tootie" Heath was also the last of the legendary Heath Brothers. He died on April 3 in Santa Fe, NM, at 88.
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Casey Benjamin, whose saxophone gleam and vocoder-processed singing exerted a deep influence on the last 20 years of jazz-infused hip-hop and R&B, died on March 30 in Maryland. He was 45.
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Brad Mehldau has always drawn from classical music as well as jazz in his pianistic practice — a confluence evident in a pair of new solo albums.
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Pianist and composer Jim Beard toured with Steely Dan and collaborated with Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and many others. He died on March 2 at 63.
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With a third archival release, 'Reaching for the Stars,' the elusive pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali comes just a bit more into focus.
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With excitement and an elegy, Jahari Stampley wins the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz InternationaJahari Stampley, a dazzling young pianist from Chicago, took first prize at the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition, prevailing over a field of 10 other competitors.
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Drummer, composer and bandleader Billy Hart has been named a 2023 recipient of the Living Legacy Jazz Award, Presented by PECO.
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On her new album, 'The Glass Hours,' bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh entrusts form with feeling, enlisting some exceptional peers. Read more in our Album of the Week review.
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Among the two dozen or so artists honored with a 2023 JJA Jazz Award, a few stand out for dominant wins in multiple categories.
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Gretchen Parlato's new album 'Lean In' highlights her deep simpatico with West African guitarist Lionel Loueke — and explores the ins and outs of motherhood. She opened up about that subject in a recent conversation with WRTI.