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Play It (Over and Over Again)
A reminder: your creative practice can still be fun and games
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Check Local Listings
A lament and a call to action, on behalf of the music ecosystem
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Two Queens in Flushing
At the US Open, Cécile McLorin Salvant sang of an America to believe in
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Wayne Shorter, The Soothsayer
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JazzTimes and the White Critics
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Hopping off the Hellscape
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Philly Joe's Beat
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Newport Jazz is (Still) a Vibe
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How James Brandon Lewis Got Over
A conversation with the saxophonist about focus, faith and 'For Mahalia, With Love'
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Black and Blur
Tyshawn Sorey's musical worlds, and other timely obsessions
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I'll See You In The Movies
A diary of my week searching for Wayne Shorter's spirit in Los Angeles
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Herbie and Wayne
More on last week's all-star Wayne Shorter tribute, and the relationship at its core.
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Social Music
A note from the road about the contradictions of Jon Batiste
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Who Tells Your Story
Talking shop with Alexander Hamilton, and reading into history
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Newport Jazz is (Still) a Vibe
Time is a flatted-fifth circle at the Newport Jazz Festival.
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The Gig
The Gig
Riffs on music and culture, improvised and otherwise, from critic Nate Chinen
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