Contemporary Jazz
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British Jazz Composer Colin Towns
By: Steve Newman
This is a look at the British composer and musician Colin Towns, and how his Mask Orchestra took the jazz world by the scruff of the neck. more...
Jazz Musician Cecil Payne Dies
By: Steve Newman
With the death, aged 84, of baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne, on 30 November 2007, the jazz world has lost one of its most respected and creative players and composers. more...
Lee Konitz the Accidental Bebopper
By: Dick Edelstein
A sax man who played with everyone who was anyone during jazz's golden age discusses playing styles and contemporaries Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Giliepie. more...
By: Dan Lalande
Seductive South American songstress Bebel Gilberto imbues the TD Canada Trust International Jazz Festival with the spirit of romance more...
By: Dan Lalande
Vibraphonist Peter Appleyard and pianist-arranger Dick Hyman meet for a live radio session as part of the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival more...
Branford Marsalis plays Ottawa
By: Dan Lalande
Branford Marsalis may be the perfect opening act for a midsize jazz festival - a hunch he confirmed in a tight set last night. more...
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten puts his philosophy about life and music into a novel. And guess what? It's good. more...
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