In an exclusive interview, Lisa Simone talks about her mother, Nina Simone, the icon’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the documentary, “What Happened, Miss Simone?”
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For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition | The New York Times
It has been a period of painful revelation and reckoning for women in the workplace across the country, and the same was true for jazz. But 2017 also felt like a moment of progress.
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The nation’s only African American piano maker counts ‘Empire’ and the Vatican as fans | The Washington Post
“Starting a piano company is not for the faint of heart,” he says. For the first 10 years, he struggled for funding, and he got help with his first patent only after several lawyers passed on it.
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Herbie Hancock: ‘I like to discover new rules so I can break them’ | The Guardian
The great jazz pianist on his years in Miles Davis’s legendary quintet, his debt to Buddhism and why he still has the urge to innovate
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Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald Live Album, ‘Ella At Zardi’s’, Unearthed From Verve’s Vaults 60+ Years Later In Celebration Of Jazz Legend’s Centennial | PR Newswire
Available December 1 via Verve Records/UMe. WBGO Premiers Rare Opening Track “It All Depends On You”
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Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89 | The New York Times
The boogie-woogie master, who has died aged 89, shaped the course of popular music over and over again
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Thelonious Monk’s Quiet, Slow Conquest of the World | The Atlantic
For decades a respected but somewhat eccentric figure even within the jazz scene, the pianist and composer is at the peak of his influence as he reaches his centennial this month.
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Diana Ross to Receive American Music Award of Lifetime Achievement at 2017 AMAs | Billboard
Diana Ross will receive the American Music Award of Lifetime Achievement at the 2017 American Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions and ABC announced Wednesday (Oct. 18).
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Lionel Richie to Produce Biopic About Curtis Mayfield’s Extraordinary Life | The Root
Lionel Richie just secured the rights to bring Curtis Mayfield’s life to the big screen.
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The Genius Of Miles Davis | Fader
In this story from our June 2005 Photo Issue, percussionist and former band member Mtume reflects on the jazz legend’s complicated legacy.
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