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Act Like You Know: Ornette Coleman -

When Ornette Coleman won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007, Stephen Colbert did a routine which summed up why you should like Ornette Coleman. Colbert cued up a particularly raucous clip from Sound Grammar, Coleman’s latest album, and started dancing uncontrollably to it. When it finished, he went for his first...

A Link to Eric Dolphy - When it comes to jazz you run across certain names and they are usually whispered by fans with a kind of awe. For me, as you may already know, that name is Miles Davis. For my brother, it is Charlie 'Bird' Parker. For some it is John Coltrane. One of...

Avant-jazz - Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music and composition with elements of traditional jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, contrary to the impression it may give that results from a...

For the First Time in Ten Years, James Chance and the Contortions Will Flip Faces in NYC, Also Plan - Hot on the heels of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks June reunion concert, the hardest working man in No Wave, James Chance and his indispensable Contortions, will take the stage for the first time in a decade at New Yorks Citys P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center this Saturday (August 30). Chances...

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