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‘I saw Herbie Hancock play with D’Angelo, and got my head blown off!’: the festival keeping alive jazz’s golden age

From Miles Davis to Count Basie and Etta James to Prince, Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival has hosted the biggest names in music. As the event turns 50, musicians and organisers share their favourite memories from past years – and tell us why jazz isn’t dead

The Guardian - UK

Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet review – inspired sax maestro bounces from bebop to fertile improv

Lovano and his spirited quartet make his instrument glow in all its pliable eloquence, with rattling originals amid the Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter covers

The Guardian - UK

“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

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‘He used the trumpet as a songbird’: 100 years of Miles Davis, by jazz greats Sonny Rollins, Yazz Ahmed and more

Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather outfits

The Guardian - UK

“A good guitar solo should sound like an orgasm. I can hear it in Eddie Van Halen’s playing, and Jimi Hendrix. I live for the juicy notes”: Carlos Santana on playing like a soul singer and his visitations from B.B. King, Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Single-cuts are like merlot, solos are like grapefruit… the inimitable, peerless Carlos Santana shares stories from his legendary career and insights from the cosmos

Guitar World

Herbie Hancock at the Barbican review: unpredictable, entertaining and ageless

4/5 The jazz legend is still throwing his famous curve balls at 85 years old

Evening Standard

The 10 best jazz albums of 2024

A Mercury prize winner, a host of fresh collaborations and a posthumous release of a much-lauded live performance are all among the year’s standouts

The Guardian - UK

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“Someone told me you can’t play slap bass on a fretless, but when Prince picked up my bass he slapped the heck out of it!” Esperanza Spalding on jamming with Prince, and her stunning Justin Bieber upset

A support slot with Prince set the stage for Esperanza Spalding’s 2011 Grammy win and a whole new level of recognition

Guitar World

Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza review – Brazilian giant finds a new groove

The 81-year-old singer’s collaboration with the US jazz bassist reworks past songs in lively and expansive ways, masterfully blending their exciting voices

The Guardian - UK

Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza review – a quixotic double act

The veteran Brazilian singer and US composer-musician’s contrasting vocal styles captivate on an album that also features Paul Simon and Dianne Reeves

The Guardian - UK

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1 review – first posthumous LP is a true classic

This 2014 live recording of the saxophonist’s late-career quartet showcases one of the great modern jazz bands and the enthralling genius of their leader

The Guardian - UK

“He looked me in the eye and said, real seriously, ‘Rory, man, I’m the best bass player on earth’. I looked back at him and said, ‘I know’: How the formidable personality and talent of bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius was embraced by Joni Mitchell

“He pointed to his rental amp and said, ‘I'm not playing through that piece of shit’. So he took mine”

MusicRadar

“Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis

American drummer recalls his life and times with Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Phil Collins, Unitopia and even the Bee Gees

Louder

“It’s kind of sad that sax or trumpet players can get up there and play like Miles and people appreciate it. But if a guitar player does that, some people think, ‘Oh, that guy has no chops’”: Scott Henderson on virtuosity and musical journeys

Returning with a new instrumental album seamlessly fusing rock, blues and jazz, Scott Henderson checks in to talk gear, style and what we can learn from vocals and horn

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“I totally respected Jaco's bass playing, but that 16th-note triplet funk thing – it just wasn't in his repertoire”: Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why Jaco Pastorius struggled to swing

In 1975, Jaco Pastorius replaced Alphonso Johnson in Weather Report, but for drummer Chester Thompson, playing with Jaco was “like oil and water”

Guitar World

“Jaco’s groove is like a fingerprint – nobody can duplicate it”: Listen to Jaco Pastorius’ isolated bassline on Weather Report’s Barbary Coast

Weather Report’s 1976 cut introduced the world to the full-tilt boogie of Jaco Pastorius

MusicRadar

Steely Dan pianist and keyboard player Jim Beard has died, aged 63: “He was the glue and such a great presence on so many projects,” says drummer Peter Erskine

Beard also worked with Wayne Shorter, John Mayer and John McLaughlin

The Guardian - US

Jim Beard, keyboardist for Steely Dan, dies aged 63

Beard was known for collaborations with jazz legends including Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter

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Chicago Sun-Times

Nikki Haley’s Civil War comment shows danger of whitewashing U.S. history

The fact that Nikki Haley apparently didn’t know — or pretended not to know — that slavery is front and center in her home state’s declaration of secession in 1861 is alarming enough.

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Actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2023

Giants of the arts world left us this year: We look back on the legacies of Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), Richard Roundtree, Norman Lear and more.

The Independent UK

Daisaku Ikeda, head of global Japanese Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, dies at 95

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died

Evening Standard

EFG London Jazz Festival 2023: the top 12 shows to book

From jazz icons to exciting new talent and virtuousos to boundary breakers, this London event has it all

The Guardian - US

‘How a man grew to greatness’: the incredible story of saxophonist Wayne Shorter

In a new Amazon docuseries, executive-produced by Brad Pitt, the late music legend tells his story of triumph and tragedy

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7 new movies and TV shows on Netflix, Max, Prime Video, and more this weekend (August 25)

From brand new Star Wars shows to gripping sci-fi thrillers, there’s plenty to watch this weekend.

The Guardian - UK

From Ahsoka to Ragnarok: the seven best shows to stream this week

Darth Vader’s old student gets her own Jedi-tastic TV spectacular, and the off-kilter Norwegian fantasy drama begins its final run

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