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Drummer Lawrence Leathers Dies at 37
June 8, 2019Grammy-winning jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers died Sunday in New York City after an alleged assault. He was 37. Leathers was discovered unconscious in the stairwell of his Bronx apartment building and was pronounced ...
NPR: Facing Homelessness And Crushing Medical Debt, A Renowned Jazz Guitarist Reaches Out
May 17, 2019One of the jazz world’s most enduring artists, the influential 87-year-old guitarist and composer Kenny Burrell, is facing financial ruin and homelessness. His plight became public after his wife, Katherine ...
Jazz Fest’s foundation also marks 50 years
May 11, 2019NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrates 50 years of spotlighting Louisiana’s culture and musical traditions. The non-profit Jazz & Heritage Foundation — ...
Emmet Cohen wins 2019 American Pianists Award
April 7, 2019Emmet Cohen has won the 2019 American Pianists Awards, one of the world’s major jazz piano competitions. And that means a serious, up-and-coming musician who has already seen success is about to have his ...
The buildings where Jazz took its first steps
March 14, 2019As we all know, New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz music. And while it seems that Treme gets most of the credit, there’s a block downtown that played a huge role in the start of the genre. Inside the 400 ...
The Sudanese jazz bass player helping her country’s ‘revolution’
March 13, 2019Islam Elbeiti is young and restless. The 24-year-old jazz bass player is part of the youth bulge in Sudan. Nearly 60 percent of the country’s population is under 30. For her entire life, the only leader ...
WAMU: D.C. Jazz Lovers Find Their Groove In Offbeat Places
February 21, 2019The city that gave birth to Duke Ellington used to be a hotbed for live jazz. Long-time fans reminisce about the sounds that came from the Howard Theatre and clubs like One Step Down and Bohemian Caverns. But ...
NYT: Jazz on the Edge of Change
February 19, 2019The Armistice to end World War I brought elation and a sense of relief to millions of Americans, but also a jolt of reality. The country had only been in the conflict for 19 months, but it had already adjusted to ...
The New Yorker: How Eric Dolphy Sparked My Love of Jazz
January 31, 2019I got into jazz because of Dave Brubeck, but jazz got into me because of Eric Dolphy. I had just turned fifteen when a random encounter with Brubeck’s music made me start listening curiously to New York’s jazz ...
Nicole Mitchell to Lead Jazz Program at University of Pittsburgh
January 16, 2019The Dietrich School has named Nicole M. Mitchell, an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator, as its William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies, effective July 1, 2019. Mitchell ...
