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Angelika Niescier/ Tomeka Reid/ Savannah Harris: Beyond Dragons review – immense improv

Seven original tracks of free jazz span fast, jagged pieces and quiet tone poems, with a composer’s ear giving shape, drama and contrast

The Guardian - UK

Richard Davis obituary

US jazz bassist who worked with Van Morrison and Sarah Vaughan and later became a professor of bass at Wisconsin University

The Guardian - UK

Springsteen, Dolly Parton and the Killers: songs presidential candidates think make them look good

From paranoia-tinged GOP favorite Mr Brightside to a Mozart banger, you can learn a lot from music a person pretends to like

The Guardian - US

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Chico Freeman to honor his famous father, ‘my hero’ Von Freeman, at Chicago Jazz Festival

Even while absorbing his dad’s unique sound, tenor saxophonist found his own powerful voice early on.

Chicago Sun-Times

7 essential new albums to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and more

The perfect soundtracks to start your week, featuring some old favorites and some incredible new artists too.

TechRadar

Kool & the Gang’s Robert Bell: ‘When the astronauts went into space, they played Celebration’

Their hits have filled dancefloors for over 40 years. As Kool and the Gang embark on another round of summer gigs, founder Robert ‘Kool’ Bell reveals the secrets of their success

The Guardian - UK

In celebration of Jan Hammer: so much more than great film and TV soundtracks

You might know Jan Hammer as the talented film and TV score writer, but he also redefined keyboard technique and performance

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John Coltrane recordings lost in New York Public Library will finally be heard

The 1961 recordings of live sessions with Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones have never been released

The Guardian - UK

Flea names the one bassline that he would “go back and fix” from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 1995 album, One Hot Minute

Flea on the making of One Hot Minute: “I thought it sounded like another stupid white boy trying to be funky!”

Guitar World

In a Baltimore basement, a jazz detective strikes gold

New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.

WEKU

‘I’m a messenger. That’s my calling’: 80s hitmaker Billy Valentine on his socially conscious comeback

Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) made him a star, but his success faltered and he went behind the scenes. He explains why Black Lives Matter helped galvanise him again

The Guardian - UK

Sissoko/Segal/Parisien/Peirani: Les Égarés review – genre-hoppers stray towards surprise

Émile Parisien’s soprano sax is the standout on this diverse and inventive set, which blends kora with Anatolian shindigs, klezmer with agile accordion

The Guardian - UK

Wayne Shorter obituary

Saxophonist and master improviser with artists ranging from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, and with lineups including Weather Report

The Guardian - UK

Column: A 91-year-old drummer meets John Densmore of the Doors, and the music soars

LOS ANGELES -- It was around midnight when Steve Hideg made a trip to his bathroom, got dizzy and took a fall.

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Appreciation: David Crosby, dead at 81, saw the end was coming: 'I don’t have a lot of time'

David Crosby knew his days were numbered at least several years before his death was reported Thursday.

Glasgow Live

Robbie Coltrane has ashes scattered at favourite New York haunts

The Harry Potter icon passed away last October at the age of 72. During the 1970s Robbie revealed that he "practically lived" in the Big Apple and the city always held a dear place in his heart.

Daily Mirror

Robbie Coltrane's ashes are scattered at Harry Potter star's favourite New York haunts

Harry Potter actor Robbie Coltrane 'practically lived' in New York since the 1970s and passed away aged 72 in October

ABC News

Remembering the international celebrities who died in 2022

The world lost trailblazers, pioneers and giants this year from many walks of life. Take a look back at the international stars who died this year.

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The Guardian - UK

Pharoah Sanders remembered by Kamasi Washington

The musician salutes the long career of the fellow saxophonist, the master of spiritual, ‘cosmic’ jazz who was ‘like a third grandfather’ to him

The Independent UK

Robbie Coltrane: Beloved Harry Potter star and esteemed actor

The actor’s role as Hagrid, the lovable quidditch gamekeeper, delighted generations of children

Daily Mirror

Robbie Coltrane's death certificate reveals six causes - including organ failure

Tributes have flooded in for the dad-of-two since he died from colleagues and friends including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Evening Standard

How 2022 Mercury Prize winner Little Simz took over the world

Seven years after her debut album, the London based rapper is finally getting the industry recognition she deserves.

The Conversation

Robbie Coltrane: a free-styling talent suffused with intelligence and humour

“I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be,” the iconic saxophonist John Coltrane once said. Anthony Robert McMillan chose his stage name as a homage to the jazz great and, as the actor Robbie Coltrane, went on to grow into the…

Bangkok Post

'Hagrid' actor Robbie Coltrane dies at 72

LONDON: Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played the beloved half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72, his agent said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, Dies at 72

Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series “Cracker” and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 72. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in his native…

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