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Makaya McCraven reworks Blue Note classics for new LP 'Deciphering the Message' (stream a track)

The album finds him offering up modern remixes of classics from throughout the Blue Note catalog, from Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Gale, Dexter Gordon, and more.

'Thriller' audio engineer Bruce Swedien, RIP

”For more than 70 years I wouldn’t even think about going into a recording session unless I knew Bruce was behind the board.” – Quincy Jones

jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney has died "from complications of COVID-19"

Jazz great and trumpeter Wallace Roney, who studied under Miles Davis and played with Art Blakey and more, died today from complications from COVID-19. He was 59.

Winter Jazzfest 2020 lineup (Seu Jorge, Makaya McCraven, Kokoroko, more)

The 2020 edition of NYC’s Winter Jazzfest goes down January 9 – 18 at clubs all over Manhattan and Brooklyn…

The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.