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Even the most familiar of instruments harbors endless possibilities. Mining them is a task that never ends, and never should.
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Music Reviews: Big Band Jazz Albums from Andrew Neu and Glenn Crytzer
Some excellent big band recordings have come out recently, proving this storied and lively jazz subgenre continues to sizzle all these decades after the heydays of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz Albums from Takaaki, Jane Ira Bloom, Roy McGrath
New jazz albums with tie-ins to poetry, Puerto Rico, and Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'
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