Reel Rundown: Jazz-based score powers real-life story in ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
As with any subject, history can be explored in a number of ways. In high school and college, students might study it through ...
Terence Blanchard does it all: jazz, operas, Oscar-nominated film scores, and that Pepsi commercial with Beyonce
A modern-day renaissance man, jazz trumpeter and opera composer Terence Blanchard is an 8-time Grammy Award-winner whose film ...
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The Man Who Wrote the Music Down
Carlos Malcolm may not be a household name, but it should be. Without this now 90-year-old innovator of Jamaican music—this ...
The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on His Striking, Oscar-Nominated Score
The British musician and visual artist spoke with Pitchfork about the extensive, globe-trotting work behind his dynamic ...
Kenny Wheeler Legacy’s Some Days are Better: the Lost Scores review — an affectionate tribute
The late trumpeter’s 1970s compositions for the BBC are brought to life by two orchestras and a range of soloists ...
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Jazz Fest brings sax, soul and smiles to Purdue campus
Purdue Bands and Orchestra hosted the 35th annual Purdue Jazz Festival, aiming to elevate the music scene at Purdue. The ...
About jazz music in Wales
The jazz scene is pretty vibrant in Wales, with dozens of pubs, clubs and other venues catering for every taste from modern ...
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El Dave
The movies came into vogue as a jazz-album genre when Hollywood shifted away from stuffy Euro-classical scores and toward a ... by TD Bank “Dave Grusin’s 40-year career in the music business has led ...
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Life, Death, and All That Jazz
One nice spring day in May 2024, trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and his band—a distinctive lineup of pianist Sam ...
Patrick Doyle’s five best film scores – including his pick of an undiscovered gem
Scottish musician Patrick Doyle is an acclaimed composer of over 60 feature film scores with many attendant accolades, ...