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What’s the Greatest Jazz Record? Here’s a Clue: Miles Davis.

James Kaplan’s new book, “3 Shades of Blue,” examines the lives of Miles, John Coltrane and Bill Evans, and the…

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Kahil El’Zabar, Spiritual Jazz’s Dapper Bandleader, Keeps Pushing Ahead

At 70, he is releasing his 18th album with the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble to celebrate the group’s 50th anniversary and…

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No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’

A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”…

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An Innovative Vocalist Lost Her Speech, but She’s Still Performing

Linda Sharrock, an avant-garde jazz musician who became aphasic after a 2009 stroke, has returned to the stage and inspired…

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For Dizzy Gillespie, Queens Was the Place to Be and to Bop

Dizzy Gillespie helped make Minton’s Playhouse famous. Minton’s in Harlem was where jazz musicians, from out-of-towners to locals performing in…

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Les McCann, Pianist, Singer and Soul Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 88

He released more than 50 albums but had his greatest commercial success with “Compared to What,” a recording that came…

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Carla Bley, Jazz Composer, Arranger and Provocateur, Dies at 87

Her music, which ranged from chamber miniatures to blaring fanfares, was suffused with a slyly subversive attitude.

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Jazz’s Hancock Competition Returns, Crowning an Electrifying Rising Star

Jahari Stampley, a 23-year-old pianist from Chicago, won the prize as the genre’s premier coronation ceremony for young talent was…

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Robert Glasper Leans Into the Drama

Mounting his fifth annual residency at the Blue Note (after a viral beef at the Grammys), the pianist, producer and…

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Business

A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money

The pharmaceutical industry is rife with tales of companies dreaming up ways to prolong their monopolies on lucrative drugs. They…

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