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Recorded in two marathon 1956 sessions, Miles Davis’ Prestige albums captured his comeback, the rise of a great quintet and a sound that helped define modern jazz.
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April is Jazz Appreciation Month, the perfect time to explore the surprising connections jazz legends like John Coltrane and Ray Brown have to the Pacific Northwest.
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A contemporary of John Coltrane who helped establish UW's jazz curriculum, Joe Brazil's Black Academy of Music changed lives in Seattle's Central District.
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It's the perfect time of year to cozy up and dive into one of these 10 critically-acclaimed jazz documentaries.
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For Thelonious Monk's 108th Birthday, we look back at the sparsely documented collaboration of the eccentric pianist and famed saxophonist John Coltrane.
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Vincent Herring, James Carter, and more bring a brand new all-star band to put a soul jazz twist on some of the most popular songs in jazz during this KNKX Studio Session.
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Entering 8th grade at Risdon Middle School in Newcastle in the fall, 12-year-old Elijah Washington is the KNKX School of Jazz guest DJ.
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A reissue of the 1977 album, Harvest Time, and a performance of the 2021 collaboration, Promises, collectively present the late saxophonist's music as a vessel to gather within.
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With a successful career of over 50 years and more than 300 recordings, Creed Taylor is best known for producing early albums by Quincy Jones and Larry Coryell, and for his own label, CTI Records, which defined the sound of jazz in the 1970s. He died Tuesday at age 93.
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So many recently discovered and previously unreleased jazz collections were produced this year. Here are my top five picks, in no particular order and based solely on my personal taste.