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I conducted a blindfolded Bluetooth speaker test with 4 colleagues and no, JBL didn’t win — here’s which portable speaker got the most votes based on their ears only

My colleagues blind-ranked 5 portable speakers from best to worst on sound alone — and the results may surprise you.

TechRadar

“Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him)

Bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded Weather Report with fellow Miles Davis alumni Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

Guitar World

Ronald Atkins obituary

Guardian jazz critic for over 30 years who also contributed widely to respected music books

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"He threw me in the lake and I had to learn to swim": Remembering Dickey Betts, southern rock pioneer

A celebration of the life and music of Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts

Louder

Roy Haynes obituary

Jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and earned the nickname Snap Crackle for his crisp style

The Guardian - UK

“If I had tried to be another Ron Carter I would have failed. I don’t think that’s what Miles was looking for”: Dave Holland on the making of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew

Few jazz bassists can match the pedigree of Dave Holland, thanks to his work with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chick Corea and just about everyone else

Guitar World

Carlos Lyra obituary

A charismatic performer and fine composer who played a key role in the development of bossa nova

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Those happy days of family albums

For most of June I have been squirrelled away in Chaiyaphum and very pleasant it has been too. There has been a fair amount of rain which is good news for our rubber trees which were looking decidedly thirsty.

Bangkok Post

The Girl From Ipanema’s secret life in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Astrud Gilberto, the singer synonymous with “The Girl From Ipanema,” grew up in Brazil and traveled the world as an ambassador of the gently intoxicating bossa sound created by her first husband, João Gilberto.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

Astrud Gilberto didn’t set out to be an ambassador of bossa nova, the laid-back Brazilian musical genre with rhythms recognizable to music lovers around the world.

The Conversation

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83

Astrud Gilberto became an overnight bossa nova superstar in 1964 when she was recruited to sing English vocals on the Stan Getz-Joao Gilberto hit ‘The Girl from Ipanema.’

Chicago Sun-Times

'Girl from Ipanema' singer Astrud Gilberto dead at 83

RIO DE JANEIRO - Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer whose soft, beguiling voice made "The Girl from Ipanema" a worldwide sensation in the 1960s and provided a huge boost to the budding bossa nova genre, has died at age 83, her family said.

Bangkok Post

‘Bossa Nova Queen’ Astrud Gilberto dies at 83

BRASILIA: Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose version of “The Girl from Ipanema” was an international success in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 83, her family said.

Bangkok Post

Astrud Gilberto obituary

One of Brazil’s leading bossa nova singers best known for the 1964 international hit The Girl from Ipanema

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Astrud Gilberto, singer of 'The Girl from Ipanema,' dead at 83

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83

The Guardian - UK

Astrud Gilberto, bossa nova singer of The Girl from Ipanema, dies aged 83

Singer had no previous recording experience when she sang a defining song of Brazilian culture in 1963

The Guardian - UK

Creed Taylor obituary

Grammy-winning record producer who took jazz in adventurous new directions

The Guardian - UK

Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’

Armed with just a passion for jazz, Taylor became a producer and the owner of the world’s most successful jazz label, working with everyone from John Coltrane to Nina Simone

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Barbara Thompson obituary

Formidably talented saxophonist at the heart of many jazz line-ups who blazed a trail for female instrumentalists

Radio France Internationale

For the Sake of Peace: young peacemakers in South Sudan

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the documentary at Cannes that won an Honorary Golden Palm. There’s also the Bonus Question, the Listeners Corner, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and of course, the new quiz question, too. Just click on the…

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