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Jonathan Chimene and Mark Sheldon share photos from the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival, that featured Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Christian McBride and many others.
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WBGO’s Nicole Sweeney talks with saxophonist and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin about her aptly titled album Phoenix and her recent life challenges.
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WBGO’s Pat Prescott talks with pianist Christian Sands, music director of Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, about the upcoming tour and the event’s impact on his career.
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During its first in-person edition since the start of the pandemic era, the Winter Jazzfest found familiar purpose and renewed conviction in delirious overabundance.
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Lezlie Harrison will host WBGO’s kickoff event for its September On-Air Fund Drive.
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Jazz United profiles a few emerging masters on the saxophone — musicians whose dedication, proficiency and poise represent a vital new chapter. It so happens that all three are women, and their example (among others) upends some longstanding prejudices around the sax.
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Lakecia Benjamin hasn’t played with a band since mid-March. A saxophonist and bandleader unmistakably on the rise, she admits being hesitant to step…
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Jazzfest Berlin has seen its share of changes since first taking flight, as Berliner Jazztage, in 1964.That inaugural edition is perhaps best known today…
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Hear some new music that speaks clearly of human connection.Omer Avital’s Qantar, “Just Like the River Flows”Bassist and composer Omer Avital arrived in…
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Lakecia Benjamin stepped out on faith to produce her latest work. So much so that she exhausted her savings to bring it to fruition.A saxophonist whose…