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Vocalist Al Jarreau Dies at 76
February 13, 2017LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement from touring because of ...
Variety: Jazz and Blues Musician Mose Allison Dies at 89
November 16, 2016Renowned jazz blues pianist, singer and songwriter Mose Allison died Tuesday at his home in Hilton Head, S.C. He was 89. A native of Mississippi, Allison grew up on his grandfather’s farm, where he started taking ...
Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter, dies aged 82
November 14, 2016Leonard Cohen, the legendary singer-songwriter whose work inspired generations, has died at the age of 82. A post to his official Facebook page on Thursday 10 November announced the musician’s passing in Los ...
NYT: Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, Dies at 94
August 23, 2016Toots Thielemans, one of the only musicians to have a successful career as a jazz harmonica player, died on Monday in Brussels. He was 94. The death was confirmed by Mr. Thielemans’s agency, which did not specify a ...
Thirty years later, Green Mill owner Dave Jemilo thrives at his jazz club
June 15, 2016By Howard Reich When Dave Jemilo walked into the Green Mill in the 1980s, he was struck by what he saw. “On some of the light fixtures, the plaster was falling apart,” he says of the then-battered lounge ...
The Guardian: DeJohnette/Coltrane/Garrison: Movement review – decisive energies of a jazz marvel
May 22, 2016Former Miles Davis and current Keith Jarrett drummer Jack DeJohnette’s decisive energies and musicality make him, at 73, one of the marvels of contemporary jazz. This trio joins him with John Coltrane’s saxophonist ...
Oakland Press: Roy Hargrove treats music as more than all that jazz
May 18, 2016Roy Hargrove hails from Texas and now makes his home in New York. But the jazz trumpet virtuoso has more than a little affinity for Detroit, thanks to influences (Barry Harris, Ron Carter), collaborators (bassist ...
The Atlantic: Without Jazz and Blues, There’s No Americana
May 17, 2016Blues history celebrates mythical turning points. Robert Johnson going to the crossroads to sell his soul. Leadbelly being discovered in—and sprung from—prison by John and Alan Lomax. The 1913 arrest that set ...
Newport Jazz Festival gets new leader, $10M promise
March 11, 2016PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jazz impresario George Wein took another step to secure the future of his 62-year-old Newport Jazz Festival on Thursday, as the nonprofit foundation that runs it named Grammy-winning bassist ...
Nielsen: Brands That Engage Jazz Fans Won’t Be Left Singing The Blues
March 10, 2016Think jazz is just a genre featured in movies from the 1960s? Think again. Take artist Kamasi Washington, for example. Last week, the Millennial jazz artist won the inaugural American Music Prize. He was also ...
