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Though the vocalizing of jazz lines and effects on wind instruments is famously attributed to saxophones, cogent arguments can be made for trombones, as well.

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision ...

The three-level Anthology debuted last June with an opening-month lineup that included such stars as Chick Corea, Arturo Sandoval and Jane Monheit.

"I just happen to think it's easy to misrepresent John Cage, and that his work represents a core of ideas and values that's worth defending." :: Philip Clar k in a letter to the editor responding to a complaint ...

A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music.

Danny Weller gets physical by necessity when he performs on his nearly 6-foot-tall bass.

George Lewis, Muhal Richard Abrams, Wadada Leo Smith at Community Church of New York If anything came out of the panel discussion marking the release of George Lewis' book at the Community Church of New York ...

“I was stunned by Joseph Jarman's body-painted arms”

In the summer of 1998, George Lewis was at work on his history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965. via Chicago Reader Online

“When they learned it, it was the music of the streets. It was popular music”

As soulful as a jazz riff, Tom Sancton's coming-of-age memoir resurrects a lost New Orleans and his musical mentors. via Delta Sky

“I just felt there was a real need for these stories”

Preservation Hall in New Orleans started as an art gallery and wailed into a landmark jazz venue from about 1960. via All About Jazz

Wednesday, February 13, 2008; Page C04 It's not often that you get to hear the work of contemporary African American composers, so Sunday afternoon's concert by the Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery, ... via The Washington Post