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This inventive take on Tchaikovsky’s winter classic has plenty of panache
The Uncommon Orchestra’s gig at Ronnie Scott’s in London expanded his 1984 suite to orchestral proportions
Michelle Dorrance’s dancers shine at the Joyce Theater, but you yearn for them to make more of Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up Tchaikovsky
The folk song has been covered by everyone from Ma Rainey to Nick Cave — and it inspired a blistering poem by James Baldwin
Frequent bike-to-train journeys call for gripping detective stories
From Stevie Wonder to a 60-piece Pakistani ensemble, Dave Brubeck’s hit has travelled well
Jay Z and Kanye West sampled the song — to the delight of Redding’s widow
Films about jazz musicians are risky ventures, but this year sees the arrival of three
The band’s ability to conjure earlier jazz styles remains unrivalled
Big and bold performances of works that follow the American tradition in crossing musical boundaries
The set was more generic than the promised tribute to Dexter Gordon but Lightsey lifted it out of the ordinary
The pianists’ trios delivered an exciting double bill with contrasting influences and approaches
The veteran saxophonist’s strong sense of jazz history was on show throughout this gig
A celebration in music and dance of jazz and classical — as well as prayer and sin
The saxophonist’s show celebrated Ellington by pulling him apart and scattering him into fragments
The Paramount jazzman who led a band and composed a classic in ‘Stranger on the Shore’
Two decades after its founder’s death, the band’s sense of the surreal remains strong
It took two pianists, three ensembles and several generations of musicians to capture Tracey’s music fully
‘I use the Great American Songbook to help children read’
New York has lured The Tonight Show back after 42 years with a financial incentive
Producer who proved literature could make lucrative cinema
‘The ‘I’ of Leadership: Strategies for Seeing, Being and Doing’, by Nigel Nicholson
Recordings of Charles Mingus’s concert series catches the jazz musician at a creative peak
Composer’s stockpile from 1956-68 features the likes of Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves in scintillating form
A terrific re-issue that combines the pianist’s classic small group
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