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Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

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Creed Taylor obituary

Grammy-winning record producer who took jazz in adventurous new directions

The Guardian - UK

Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’

Armed with just a passion for jazz, Taylor became a producer and the owner of the world’s most successful jazz label, working with everyone from John Coltrane to Nina Simone

The Guardian - UK

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Barbara Thompson obituary

Formidably talented saxophonist at the heart of many jazz line-ups who blazed a trail for female instrumentalists

The Guardian - UK

‘I was consumed with anger’: Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron’s brilliant, badly wronged partner

He wrote the music for Scott-Heron’s astonishing streams of social consciousness – and then his royalties got cut off. The jazz-funk artist explains why he focused on a comeback instead of lawsuits

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to blow minds’: Kurt Vile on beating anxiety, hitting arenas and hungering for hits

The one-time carefree Philly stoner has come out of lockdown a changed man – with huge ambitions for his most candid record yet. He reveals how Covid triggered his ‘homecoming’ renaissance

The Guardian - UK

Denzel Washington tackles Shakespeare and life's fourth quarter with grace

LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington and I have been talking for a good, long stretch on a recent late Friday afternoon, discussing life's fourth quarter, the September of our years, when, pretty much out of nowhere, he starts singing Neil Young's "Southern Man."

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Pushing beyond the confines of jazz: Revisiting Ornette Coleman

In the Sixties, the saxophonist carried out a paradigm shift in jazz. A new album collection tries to trace that change, writes Andy Beta

The Independent UK

‘I was so close to the sky. It was spiritual’: Sonny Rollins on jazz landmark The Bridge at 60

It’s one of the most romantic stories in music: the jazz star rejecting fame to practise on a New York bridge for two years. Now 91, Rollins recalls those long cold days – and how he has coped after losing the power to play

The Guardian - UK

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