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(from AllAboutJazz.com) Born: September 20, 1967 Ben Kono Since moving to New York City in 1999, woodwind performer and saxophonist Ben Kono has been attracting attention as a singular emerging voice in cutting-edge groups like Darcy James Argue's...

blackkudos: Melba Liston Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer. She was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s. Life and career...

Trumpeter Nate Wooley admits there are moments when his far-flung musical activities make him feel a bit scattered. While he’s at the center of an expanding circle of daring musicians, including saxophonist Steve Lehman and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey...

Jazz legends drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim sit at opposite ends of musical expression in the struggle for black liberation in South Africa. Like many other black musicians, Moholo and Ibrahim left the country in the 1960s under...

Jeden z najwybitniejszych kompozytorów i wykonawców jazzowych ostatnich 30 lat. Człowiek orkiestra. Gra również na: organach, akordeonie, syntezatorach, bassecie, kontrabasie, gitarze, puzonie, rogu myśliwskim, flecie, gamelanie...