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Forty years ago Mark Gilbert hailed the slimmed-down arrangements and vitality of the saxophonist's latest album

Motema album. Review by Sebastian Scotney

A list of artists who challenged fans with unconventional records.

PopMatters presents the best new jazz recordings from March to May 2024 in the realm of piano jazz. We also reflect on the legacy of the late David Sanborn.

Tour de Pier at the Iconic Manhattan Beach Pier Tour de Pier is a unique cancer fundraising event that brings participants together for a five-hour outdoor…

Miles Davis's 1959 album Kind of Blue is the best-selling instrumental jazz album of all time. As the music-buying public is rightly suspicious of jazz, that makes Kind of Blue the kind of jazz that people who don't like jazz can stand. This was not what Davis had in mind when he convened a six-piece for two sessions at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in March and April 1959. Jazz was then still young enough to follow Ezra Pound's 1934 advice, "Make it new," bu...

The new generation of ghoul-getters meet the New York originals, and Sally Wainwright stands and delivers with her drama about an 18th-century highwaywoman

World-renowned guitarist Stanley Jordan has developed a new live show called “Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi.” This is a tribute show, but it’s not pure imitation. Instead Stanley builds on Jimi’s legacy in a creative way. As Stanley explains it, “Thi...

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The Coastal Star is a monthly newspaper providing news and events to the South Florida coastal communities of South Palm Beach, Hypoluxo Island, Manalapan, Ocean Ridge, Briny Breezes, Gulf Stream, Highland Beach and coastal neighborhoods of Delray Beach and Boca Raton.