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If you’re like me, words like “poise,” “polish,” “assurance” and “maturity” were not legitimate self-descriptive terms when you were 16.For pianist Joey…
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Gilad Hekselman has become one of the leading guitarists of his generation through a combination of factors, including his warm, lyrical sound and his…
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Tom Guarna is a guitarist of keen insight and broad experience, all of which he brought to this recent performance at the Yamaha Salon.Guarna appeared on…
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Kendrick Scott Oracle, “>>>>>>>>>>>Mocean”When he named his band Oracle, more than a dozen years ago, drummer Kendrick Scott wasn’t thinking about his own…
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Darrell Grant released Black Art, his first album on the Criss Cross label, in 1994. At the time he was the pianist in the Tony Williams Quintet, and…
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Kurt Rosenwinkel, the illustrious guitarist and composer, will appear at S.O.B.'s on Friday as part of the lineup for WBGO @ 40. Half-price tickets are…
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The Blue Note All-Stars released their official debut, Our Point of View, not quite a month ago, and one key takeaway from the album was the enduring…
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Almost every era of jazz has its resident Blue Note crew: artists who embody the beating heart of that label’s sound.Think of the 1950s, and you might…
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An outsized number of jazz heavyweights call Houston and its surrounding area home — here, they speak of the situation down south and their concerns for its future.