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Features8 hours ago‘Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet’: Serving Up A Post-Bebop Classic
‘Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet’ was one of several albums that brought immortality to the trumpeter’s pioneering group.
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The track features on the upcoming archival release, ‘First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings', out on December 10.
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Features5 days ago
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The future of jazz has always been shaped by young jazz musicians seeing new modes of expression. These 13 artists reflect the changing times they live in.
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Features5 days ago
The 50 Best Jazz Singers Of All Time
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Features5 days ago
Best Dizzy Gillespie Pieces: 20 Jazz Essentials
Without Dizzy Gillespie, jazz would look and sound very different today – and lack some of its boundless joy, too.
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Features5 days ago
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Incomparable, charismatic, and glamorous, the Cuban-born artist was a larger-than-life figure who was so much more than a mere singer.
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Music Quizzes5 days ago
Dizzy Gillespie Music Quiz
Think you know how many Grammy Awards Dizzy Gillespie won? Test your knowledge and see if you can get 10/10 in our Dizzy quiz!
