Jazz
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How Digable Planets' Crate-Digging Debut Revolutionized Rap
30 years after its February 1993 release, a new generation of forward-thinking artists cite Reachin’ as a touchstone
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How Cortex's 'Troupeau Bleu' Became Hip-Hop's Favorite French Jazz Album
Tyler, the Creator, Rick Ross, and Madlib are all fans of the psychedelic 1975 LP. Now, decades later, the group is ready to take its rightful place as a key influence
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Nabil Ayers Looks Back on His First Sit-Down With His Jazz-Legend Father
In an excerpt from his new memoir, My Life in the Sunshine, the drummer and label owner delves into his complex relationship with vibraphone great Roy Ayers — the father he barely knew
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Tuba Luminary Theon Cross Wants to Bring the 'Life Force of Breath' to All Your Bass Lines
On his second album, Intra-I, Cross uses his instrument to explore grime, reggae, dub, soca, hip-hop, and dancehall, as well his inner self and family history
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Dos Santos Are at Their Most Free on 'City of Mirrors'
"We always recognize that we’re not just making this music, but we’re making it in a specific and situated way: As Latinos in the U.S."
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John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle' Shows That His Masterpiece Was a Perpetual Work in Progress
On a newly unearthed 1965 run-through of his legendary suite, the saxophonist bridged his brilliant middle period and his final, incandescent search
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Unheard Live Version of John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' to See Release This Fall
Complete rendition of the saxophonist's famed divinely inspired suite was recorded at Seattle's Penthouse in 1965
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Brandee Younger's 'Pretend' Is an Elegant Intergenre Chill-Out
The jazz harp player teams up with Tank and the Bangas singer Tarriona Ball for a reflection on unsettled romance
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How Avant-Guitar Godfather Sonny Sharrock Reconciled Terror and Beauty
Get a fuller picture of the sui generis six-stringer seen playing a fiery, unforgettable solo in new Summer of Soul doc
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Spoken Dialogue: Daphne A. Brooks and Hanif Abdurraqib
The authors discuss the interrelated themes of their new books Liner Notes for the Revolution and A Little Devil in America
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