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28 days ago

‘He used the trumpet as a songbird’: 100 years of Miles Davis, by jazz greats Sonny Rollins, Yazz Ahmed and more ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather out…

46 days ago

He has survived loss, breakdown and schooling by ‘scary nuns’, but the anguish is still there in his art. As his new show thrills Paris, the US-based, Irish-born artist talks about the pain that driv…

4 months ago

Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader

Jack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer celebrated as one of the genre’s true greats – who wor…

Remembering Mama Africa: struggle of fearless singer Miriam Makeba told in daring dance drama ⊕⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Mimi’s Shebeen, choreographed by Alesandra Seutin, charts South African legend’s exile and ascendancy with ‘beautiful songs, strong messages and moments that hit’

“You speak about Miriam Makeba in Sou…

5 months ago

Pascoal recorded with stars including Miles Davis, who reportedly called him ‘the most impressive musician in the world’

  • John Fordham picks his favourite Hermeto Pascoal moments

The Brazilian musician …

6 months ago

‘I wanted to be Nina Simone’: Jeff Buckley documentary shows female influences ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

It’s Never Over offers a new look at the short life of the musician and the importance women played in his life

In the years since Jeff Buckley’s shocking death at age 30 in 1997, his estate has sanct…

7 months ago

From rebelling against a religious upbringing by memorising Beastie Boys lyrics, to soul-stirring discoveries about dead loved ones – Guardian readers share the musical compilations that defined them

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9 months ago

‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80 ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him down

Billy Cobham speaks the way he…

11 months ago

Herbie Hancock on 80 years of playing the piano and being this year's recipient of the Polar Music Prize.

Imani Perry’s Black in Blues traces the ways blue is woven through Black history, from Miles Davis to Toni Morrison

What makes blue Black?

In her latest book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Stor…

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