Review: Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s ‘Marcos Valle JID 003’

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In the year 1500, navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral claimed Brazil as a colony for the Portuguese empire. Despite the region’s…

Review: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids’ ‘Shaman!’

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In the early 1990s, Allan Wilson and Rebecca Cann reached a scientific breakthrough in their testing of mitochondrial DNA. Their…

Jazz from A to G: The Way In

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Early on, listening to Led Zeppelin or Jimi Hendrix, jazz was something in another yard, walled-off, and separated from what…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter VIII: Fortress in the Wings, 1972-1980

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After the destructive summer of 1971, George Wein wanted to keep the legacy of the Newport Jazz Festival alive but…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter VII: Memory of a Giant, 1970-1971

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In some ways, the near riotous circumstances at Festival Field in July of 1969 was a precursor of an event…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter VI: Electric Aquidneck Experiment, 1969

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At the time of the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, there were two primary ways to enter the city…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter V: The New Thing, 1965-1968

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Despite its rough shape, the new site was at a fantastic location. Near the JT Connell Highway, it had sufficient…

Review: The Regina Carter Freedom Band’s ‘Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground’

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American presidential campaigns are often very narrowly focused. One study showed that in the 2016 election a whopping ninety-four percent…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter IV: Revival, 1961-1964

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Following the riots of the prior summer, there was no Newport Jazz Festival in 1961. However, the city had not…

A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter III: Goodbye Newport Blues, 1957-1960

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The 1957 Festival extended to four days - Thursday, July 4 to Sunday, July 7- with every minute captured by…