Nate Chinen
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The cost of 2020 — in lives, livelihoods, legacies and communities — is high and still being tallied. For jazz critic Nate Chinen, all that loss demands change to old ideas of critical objectivity.
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Jazz musicians often rely on the energy they take from a live audience. So when live performances were shut down because of the pandemic, they had to find ways to adapt.
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These songs take on some of the ugliest stories in our history and reflect the commitment of Black musicians to telling the truth of how Black people have been wronged, and survived, and fought back.
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The guitarist, who hails from a small town on the edge of the West Siberian Plain, competed against two Americans for one of, if not the, most prestigious prizes available to younger jazz artists.
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Host Christian McBride chats with singer-songwriter Gregory Porter about his journey as an ascendent talent.
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Coltrane recorded the album in New Jersey, at the admiring behest of a Québécois filmmaker named Gilles Groulx, who used it to score his docufictional film Le chat dans le sac.
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A new documentary, part of the label's 80th anniversary celebrations, transcends the promotional reasons behind its creation... more or less.
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The 37-year-old drummer was found dead on Sunday in New York following an alleged altercation with his girlfriend and another individual.
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In Melbourne for its eighth iteration, the All-Star Global Concert brought together marquee names in jazz around a concert program of international, but borderless, collaboration.
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The tour, which brings together two of the brightest lights in jazz, will be playing across the U.S. in July and August.