A BLOG SUPREMEIn Memoriam: Jazz Elegies
Around 1945, jazz's traditional funeral rites manifested in a more modern form of tribute. Now, some of the music's most powerful tunes are written in memory of late colleagues. Hear five examples.
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MUSIC NEWSHow Do You Wring Sound From Sculpture? It Takes A 'Quiet Pride'
Jazz bassist Rufus Reid has played with just about everybody in the mainstream jazz world, but his latest project is a work exploring the intersection of music and the visual arts.
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MUSICHeir To A Jazz Legacy, A Trumpeter Finds His Own Way
Theo Croker is a descendant of old-school New Orleans jazz royalty, but his fusion of different genres is anything but traditional.
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MUSIC NEWSSaturn Still Swings: Celebrating Sun Ra At 100
"In my music I speak of unknown things, impossible things, ancient things, potential things," the influential and eccentric jazz musician once said. "No two songs tell the same story."
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