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5 Takeaways From the Latest Iowa Poll
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is starting to stand out in Iowa, as Friday’s New York Times/Siena College poll shows. But she isn’t standing alone — at least not yet.
Pete Buttigieg Is Running Strong in Iowa. Does He Have Room to Grow?
(Poll Watch)
As Debate Nears, Where Do Democratic Voters Stand on the Issues?
When they tune into Tuesday night’s CNN/New York Times Debate, what will Democratic voters be hoping to see? And what can opinion polls tell us about where the primary electorate stands on the issues?
Democrats Will Hope for a 'Bump' at Next Week's Debate. What's It Worth?
(Poll Watch)
Impeachment Polls Show a Steady Rise in Support
Support for removing President Donald Trump from office has leapt since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened an impeachment inquiry against him, but his Republican backers appear to represent an increasingly loyal minority, according to polls released this week.
Support for Impeachment Is Rising, Polls Show
Support for removing President Donald Trump from office has leapt since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened an impeachment inquiry against him, but his Republican backers appear to represent an increasingly loyal minority, according to polls released this week.
Visionary Musicians Seek Truths for the Future in a Spiritual Past
(Critic’s Notebook)
Abdullah Ibrahim: A Lifetime of Dreams and Resistance at the Piano
WASHINGTON — Receiving a Jazz Master accolade from the National Endowment for the Arts this spring at the Kennedy Center, Abdullah Ibrahim delivered his acceptance speech in under two minutes. The South African pianist thanked his mother and grandmother, then his fellow musicians and fans. All of them had fed his quest, he said, “to strive for perfection.”
Herbie Hancock Is Still Breaking Rules
If jazz for you means tradition and inheritance, maybe Herbie Hancock can change your mind. At the very least, he’d like to make you think twice about what “tradition” means. The pianist and composer has never been interested in upholding any stylistic conventions — “I like to break things,” he said when we spoke last week — but he does insist on a few trusty ideals. For him, jazz will always mean cross-pollination, adventurism and faith in what’s ahead.
Blue Note Records at 80: Can a Symbol of Jazz's Past Help Shape Its Future?
The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, percussive piano playing. Imagine a smoky room with a horn player blowing fiercely over a strolling standup bass, and you’re hearing the Blue Note sound. Think of a modernist, cobalt-hued album cover, with blocky title text and a photo of a studious young musician hunkered over an instrument, and you’...
Blue Note Records at 80: A History in 15 Albums
<em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. This is some of the music that shaped its legacy.</em>Nat King Cole's Early Years Are Getting the Archival Treatment
Nat King Cole made some of the most ubiquitous recordings in American history as a star for Capitol Records in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. But the vast trove of music he recorded in the years before joining Capitol has always remained something of a mystery.Jason Moran will bring his interdisciplinary jazz approach to the Whitney
His first solo museum show, simply titled “Jason Moran,” arrives at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Sept. 20, and will be on display through Jan. 5.
50 years on, the art ensemble of Chicago is still transforming
The Art Ensemble of Chicago was already six years into an acclaimed career when it had its first extended run at an American jazz club.
Ben Monder and David Torn, jazz guitarists unafraid to wrestle with darkness
(Critic's Notebook): Can a jazz guitarist touch the void? What role can darkness play in improvised music, which has historically been built on a spirit of earnest collaboration and bright, restorative energy?
Emmet Cohen wins the American Pianists Association's grand prize
The American Pianists Association awarded its 2019 Cole Porter Fellowship on Saturday to Emmet Cohen, a rising star whose résumé already includes stints with some of jazz’s most esteemed elders.
An experimental music scene grows in Gowanus
NEW YORK — On the second floor of a stately brick building across the street from the Gowanus Canal, an electrical wire dangled over a dusty desk on a recent Monday afternoon, and the sounds of light construction drifted through an open doorway.
For Etienne Charles, Jazz and Caribbean Music Are One and the Same
(The New Vanguard)
For Etienne Charles, jazz and Caribbean music are one and the same
(The New Vanguard): EAST LANSING, Mich. — Trumpeter Etienne Charles stood in a Michigan State University classroom on a recent Tuesday evening — about 2,000 miles north and 50 degrees Fahrenheit south of his native Trinidad — and spoke to the undergrad big band that he directs here.
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah continues to break new ground
Back in the 2000s, before social media’s impact had played out, when it wasn’t yet obligatory for artists to turn their work into a political statement, trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah was already using music to envision change.
