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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 ...
Nancy Wilson Dies at 81
December 14, 2018(PBS) Singer Nancy Wilson has died at the age of 81. Wilson — who was also a civil rights activist who marched in Selma — released more than 60 albums in a career spanning five decades, winning three ...
Wayne Shorter Joins Kennedy Center Honorees
December 11, 2018Jazz legend Wayne Shorter was hailed by the Kennedy Center for a six-decade career that included collaborations with everyone from Art Blakey and Miles Davis to Carlos Santana and Joni Mitchell. In presenting ...
Variety: How a Niche Jazz Imprint Became Record Store Day’s Mascot Label
December 4, 2018There’s no such thing as an “official label of Record Store Day,” of course; all of the majors and a significant portion of indie imprints participate in the semi-annual April and November gold rushes for ...
Roy Hargrove Dies at 49
November 3, 2018Roy Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday in ...
NYT: The Harlem Jazz Club Where the Spirit of Billie Holiday Lives On
October 5, 2018Taking our orders at Minton’s Playhouse, the Harlem jazz club, our French waiter, improbably named Karl Smith, says that when he got to New York, he was determined “to do something very American.” More
Jazz band breaks new ground
September 26, 2018A local jazz band, WVC Jazz, is hoping the global fame of the film Crazy Rich Asian will help them enter the international music scene. WVC Jazz Ensemble saxophonist Julian Chan, 40, said it was a great opportunity ...
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers new bachelor’s degree in global jazz studies
September 1, 2018Undergraduates interested in careers as jazz performers, producers, teachers and/or scholars of jazz will now have the opportunity to receive a bachelor of arts degree in global jazz studies, beginning in fall 2018. ...
Houston celebrates jazz legend Arnett Cobb’s 100th birthday with music
August 6, 2018A teenage Arnett Cobb used to wander around the Fifth Ward looking for some wide-open space to play his saxophone. This was during the 1930s, when the neighborhood wasn’t quite as densely populated. “He’d just find ...
