Jazz Music News

September 14, 2012 – Adele's pianist, women in the avant-garde, Indiana jazz history and the 50 greatest saxophonists.

September 14, 2012 – The new Spotify app from Blue Note makes sense of the data jumble in which fans lose themselves.

September 7, 2012 – An Ornette Coleman documentary restored, plus the freewheeling Tim Berne and Herbie's Mwandishi.

September 5, 2012 – Years later, the writer of the iconic Billie Holiday song was tied to another event in U.S. history.

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August 31, 2012 – Drummer Jimmy Cobb questioned, a poetic Jazz Passenger and goodbye to bassist Charles Flores.

August 29, 2012 – A big profile of trumpeter Marcus Belgrave emphasizes how he nurtured Detroit's jazz stars.

August 28, 2012 – A debate on the nature of music contests, and a vision of a future beyond them.

August 24, 2012 – The Thelonious Monk Competition, disco jazz and a legendarily wild record label, assessed.

August 17, 2012 – Diana Krall's new album cover, more on the late Von Freeman and Coltrane on Coltrane action.

August 13, 2012 – The tenor saxophonist was iconic in his hometown's jazz community and among aficionados worldwide.

August 3, 2012 – Another round of Newport previews, drummer Michael Carvin and much ado about jazz standards.

July 27, 2012 – A boogie-woogie pianist gets his due, Charlie Haden on his late drummer and Portland dispatches.

July 22, 2012 – Ravi Coltrane says his childhood home in Dix Hills represents the power of his father's creativity.

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July 20, 2012 – The NEA Jazz Masters are announced, a sideman in the spotlight and some pianists speak their minds.

July 17, 2012 – Billie Holiday is buried in New York, but not near fellow jazz stars Duke Ellington and Miles Davis.

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