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History Lessons From Folk, Metal, Jazz and Brazil

Reviews of new releases by Beto Villares, Cannibal Corpse, Anne Briggs and McCoy Tyner.

Burbling Brook Crossing Rocky Ground

Henry Threadgill and Myra Melford, with their respective bands, made for a powerfully engrossing double bill at Roulette on Thursday.

On a Visit From Brazil, a Certain Vowel in Tow

Gal Costa had reason to be anxious at the Blue Note on Tuesday; a show this intimate was an experiment.

Punch Lines, Torch Songs and Plenty of Scatting

On Monday evening at Smoke, Lea DeLaria and a jazz trio performed two sets of songs that focused on material from her new album.

Collector Shares Mementos and Memories of Jazz Legend

An encounter with Louis Armstrong turned Jack Bradley into one of the foremost collectors of the musician?s memorabilia.

He Was Country Before He Was Cool

Charlie Haden, long a mainstay of the jazz world, revisits his old-timey roots with the help of his wife, his children and an all-star cast.

Two Heads Together, Playing as One

New releases from Fujiya & Miyagi, Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina, High Places, Palms, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile, Russ Lossing and John Hebert.

A Pianist Fully in Charge of Everything He Surveys

Ahmad Jamal and his band kicked off Jazz at Lincoln Center?s new season on Thursday.

Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, Author and Jazz Trumpeter, Is Dead

Mr. Sudhalter won wide respect as a trumpet player and jazz historian, and he ignited controversy for a book arguing that white as well as black musicians shaped jazz.

Struggling to Preserve Cab Calloway?s Home

Cecelia Lael Calloway rents the home her father, Cab Calloway, the jazz legend, lived in. Her hopes to turn it into a museum have fallen into disarray.

A Witty Musical Marriage Riding a Wave of Springy Pop-Jazz

John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, the wittiest, most musically savvy husband-and-wife team in pop-jazz, transformed Café Carlyle into a silk-covered magic carpet that floated up and away to screwball heaven.

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Interviews, Articles, Reviews  
Indie Lable Showcase: Macktet's Rollin'

Marc Ribot at The Bowery Poetry Club 1/15/04

Orrin Evans and Ethan Iverson at Jazz Gallery

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey:3/26/03

Bootleg Remedy: Brooklyn, NY, 3/19/03

Marc Ribot and The Hub at North Six:3/8/03

Gogol Bordello at North Six: 2/28/03

Howard Fishman Quartet at The Bottom Line

John Zorn: Electric Masada

The Jazz Composer’s Collective Review

William Parker presents "Universal Tonality"

The Jazz Gallery's Composer Series: 2002

Interview with Brad Mehldau

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