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Names like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Dizzy Gillespie often dominate jazz-world conversations about the trailblazers who revolutionized their respective instruments. Yet the equally transcendent talent of jazz pianist Bud Powell deserves to stand tall with these icons. Renowned for his innovative approach to piano playing, Powell’s music helped shape the bebop era, profoundly influencing […]
by Doug Hall, Contributing Writer During the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the late ‘50s and ‘60s, many Black musicians participated in the marches, demonstrations, and political activities of the times, lending their voices and stature to this seminal era in America. In particular, Black female vocalists Billie Holiday and Nina Simone were […]
The evolution of spiritual jazz began with elements of free jazz, avant-garde jazz, and modal jazz, cited by jazz critics to have been heavily influenced by John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme (1965). The range of musicians reimagining their interpretations of jazz music following this seminal release stretches across generations of players. There are a number […]
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