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The JME team parses through the lineup and picks the best jazz on offer at the 2024 Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly The Unlawful Assembly reimagines and tributes historic spirituals and hymns which universally inspire, empower and unite. Leader/guitarist/singer Walter Parks, longtime sideman to Woodstock legend Richie Havens, is joined by featured artists drummer/producer Steven Williams, Ada Dyer on vocals who’s currently touring worldwide with Bruce Springsteen and Andrae Murchison on trombone.

The Seattle drummer, rapper and producer flits between drum kit and electronica, ferocity to tranquillity, on his third studio album

Earlier this month, Kassa Overall shared a new single, “Ready To Ball,” and revealed that he had signed to Warp Records. Today, he’s announcing a new album, ANIMALS, which will be out in May. Here’s what he had to say about the album’s title:

Wycliff Gordon Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant has just completed another successful year of boasting and delivering the very best jazz music and southern cuisine available anywhere. Often compared to New Orleans, Savannah is finally being recognized for what has always been quite prevalent, outstanding music and food. Owners, Stephen and Danielle Moore along

“We can play a country church in Mississippi, or we can draw a crowd at a hipster club in Brooklyn. We connect with a wide-ranging audience,” says veteran musician Walter Parks, speaking of the music on his forthcoming album, The Unlawful Assembly (out Sept. 10 via Atomic Sound). “The joy, gratitude, pain and yearning in these songs is universally felt.”  

Classical Music Podcasts Begin to Flourish, at Last During the past year, established shows have evolved while others have joined. And one, “Mission: Commission,” is breaking new ground. Among recent standout classical music podcasts are the Miller Theater’s “Mission: Commission”; Garrett McQueen and Scott Blankenship’s “Trilloquy”; and the Audible Original “Beginner’s Mind,” featuring Yo-Yo Ma. April 21, 2021Updated 1:38 p.m. ET Classical music has been surprisingly slow ...