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News: 30 July 2008
NPR to Webcast Newport
Jazz and Folk Fests
Can't make it to the Newport Jazz Fest? Here's
an alternative.
News: 23 June 2008
JJA Awards 2008
Pianist
Herbie Hancock was named Musician of the Year at the 12th annual Jazz
Awards in New York. The Jazz Journalists Association's award for lifetime
achievement in jazz went to the 90-year-old British-born pianist Marian
McPartland.
News: 17 June 2008
Esbjörn Svensson Dies
at 44
Esbjörn Svensson was one of the most influential jazz artists
in recent history and with his trio e.s.t. considered the most successful
European jazz group.
Seen: 15 May 2008
Herman Leonard's Jazz Giants
on View in New York
A photography show in Manhattan's Soho
district highlights the golden years of the Jazz, Blues and Bebop eras and
the jazz legends who comprise the pantheon of America's most original art
form.
News
Aretha Franklin Honored
as 2008 Musicares® Person of the Year
The all-star event celebrates
the legendary singer's musical achievements and her philanthropic
commitments to children's and healthcare organizations in the Detroit
metropolitan area.
News
Oscar Peterson: 1925 -
2007
The recipient of hundreds of awards and prizes, the
Canadian jazz pianist and composer recorded almost 200 albums and was
often compared to piano virtuoso Art Tatum.
News
Louis Armstrong
& Little Rock: What Really Happened
Exhibition and interview
with former newspaper reporter Larry Lubenow promises to reveal new
information about Louis Armstrong's response to the Little Rock Nine
crisis in 1957.
Interview
Keith Jarrett: Zen in the Art of
Jazz
With a tour of Japan coming up in April and May,
world-renowned jazz pianist Keith Jarrett talks to culture journalist C.
B. Liddell in Tokyo about his music.
Comment
Rap
on Rap
The biggest problem writing about rap music is that U have
II listen 2 it.
Jazznet Archives: Special Feature
Sons of Miles
A 41-part series featuring personal
reminiscences and interviews of Miles Davis and the leading jazz, rock and
pop musicians he influenced during his long career, by Mike
Zwerin, one of Miles' early sidemen.
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