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Musician Danny Barker was born in a Quarter tenement, about the same time trad jazz was emerging
Born in 1909, around the same time that trad jazz was emerging in New Orleans, Barker lived with his parents, Moses Barker ...
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Join the Jazz Crawl this Friday
Friday evening, Lincoln Park will be brought to life with the sweet sounds of jazz music. The non-profit Jam Duluth is ...
University of Akron hosting music festival to honor city’s jazz legacy
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron School of Music Jazz Studies Department will host JazzWeek 25: Abundance from April ...
‘Jazz In The Gardens' Music Festival Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving To South Florida
Harris gave an inside purview of how Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival outdoes itself year after year. "Just look at the ...
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“I dreamed about being born in medieval times,” says composer Yelena Eckemoff. Yelena’s newest album is not a rendering of early-music tropes in modern jazz feels. Rather, in her writing on this album ...
Bassist and NPR host Christian McBride returns to Seattle’s Jazz Alley
Christian McBride, playing Jazz Alley March 27-30 with a fresh quintet called Ursa Major, talks about his creative connection ...
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'I was shaped by growing up in segregation': Wynton Marsalis on how jazz connects democracy and liberation
Wynton Marsalis says his approach to performing was influenced by his father (Credit: Natassja Ebert) Wynton Marsalis made history when he became the first musician to win classical and jazz ...