Inaugural Jazz Music Awards to Finally Stream On Demand on PBS Passport
The 2022 show was co-hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater & Delroy Lindo and will make its broadcast debut on Jan. 1.
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Mars Williams, Saxophonist of The Psychedelic Furs & The Waitresses, Dead at 68
Read more: Mars Williams, Saxophonist of The Psychedelic Furs & The Waitresses, Dead at 68The musician died after a yearlong battle with cancer.
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OutKast’s André 3000 Warns First Album in 17 Years, ‘New Blue Sun,’ Has ‘No Bars,’ But Tons of Flute
Read more: OutKast’s André 3000 Warns First Album in 17 Years, ‘New Blue Sun,’ Has ‘No Bars,’ But Tons of FluteThe experimental jazz album is out on Friday (Nov. 17).
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Chartbreaker: How Laufey Created a Blueprint For Modern Jazz Success
Read more: Chartbreaker: How Laufey Created a Blueprint For Modern Jazz SuccessWith her album Bewitched and lead single “From The Start,” she’s helping to bring her genre back into the mainstream.
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Carla Bley, Prolific Jazz Pianist & Composer, Dead at 87
Read more: Carla Bley, Prolific Jazz Pianist & Composer, Dead at 87The instrumentalist died following complications from brain cancer.
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Laufey Logs Biggest Jazz Debut in Nearly Two Years With ‘Bewitched’
Read more: Laufey Logs Biggest Jazz Debut in Nearly Two Years With ‘Bewitched’The album bows in the top 40 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on both the Jazz Albums & Traditional Jazz Albums charts.
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Ezra Collective Becomes First Jazz Act to Win the Mercury Prize
Read more: Ezra Collective Becomes First Jazz Act to Win the Mercury PrizeThe album features a diverse roster of musicians, including Sampa the Great, Kojey Radical, Emeli Sandé and Nao.
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Rising Jazz Star Laufey Signs With Warner Chappell Music
Read more: Rising Jazz Star Laufey Signs With Warner Chappell MusicThe Icelandic-Chinese artist is praised for her “innate musicality, lyrical ingenuity” and “deep relationship with her fans.”
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Lost John Coltrane Live Album Debuts in Top 10 Across Multiple Billboard Charts
Read more: Lost John Coltrane Live Album Debuts in Top 10 Across Multiple Billboard Charts“Evenings at the Village Gate,” with Eric Dolphy, opens at No. 8 on Top Album Sales, and at No. 1 on both the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.
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Clarence Avant, Dave Grusin and Charles Lloyd Feted By Jazz Foundation of America
Read more: Clarence Avant, Dave Grusin and Charles Lloyd Feted By Jazz Foundation of AmericaTrio of 2023 lifetime achievement honorees saluted during organization’s fundraising benefit at L.A.’s Vibrato Grill Jazz.
