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Tag: Wayne Shorter
Best Jazz Discs of 2018
My favorite jazz releases of 2018 (as submitted to JazzTimes mag and elsewhere), listed alphabetically: Kenny Barron Quintet Concentric Circles (Blue Note) … More
Wayne Shorter Rides Again, Via His Sprawling “Emanon”
Few veteran (read: older) jazzers find their way into the pop culture conversation as effortlessly and effectively as Wayne Shorter, … More
Shorter Gets a Guggenheim
The disappointing news: Only one jazz artist received a Guggenheim Fellowship this year. The good news: Wayne Shorter has won … More
Jazz Fest: Snarky Puppy, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Lovano, more
Yes, as expected, another juggernaut of musical talent is slated for this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I’ve … More
Happy JazzApril — Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month
Jazz is alive and, well, in surprisingly good shape for its age, particularly given the ravages of time, the advent … More
JJA Jazz Awards 2014
(Apologies for the late posting of this …) Wayne Shorter, Maria Schneider and Joe Lovano were among the major winners … More
Montreal Jazz Fest Adds Joshua Redman Quartet with Strings, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Dr. John/Leon Russell double bill and more
The Montreal Jazz Fest just added another round of great headliners to the sprawling event’s already impressive lineup. The new … More
Give the Bass Player Some: Ron Carter & Esperanza Spalding Top 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll
Veteran bassist Ron Carter and young bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy-winning star, grabbed the top spots in this year’s DownBeat … More
Jazz is Dead, Again?; Jazz & Colors Festival; Wayne Shorter Returns to Blue Note
Planet Jazz: Notes From All Over Jazz is dead. What, again? Say it ain’t so! At the end of a partially … More
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