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Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Turns 25
It’s unlike any festival the world has ever seen, or heard. The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Mich., has focused on just one musical instr
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REVIEWS ★ EDITORS’ PICKS APRIL 2014
Archives ★ CLassic interviews
Freddy Cole: Melody Man
Freddy Cole is a singer and a pianist. Outside of a couple of showpieces he was compelled to compose by way of acknowledging and freeing himself from the looming presence of his famous brother, Nat Cole (“I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me” and “He Was The K
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Benny Goodman: From the Inside
About 27 years have gone by since they danced in the aisles to the music of Benny Goodman and his band at the Paramount Theater in New York City. In April 1937, the New Yorker ran a profile on “one Benny Goodman.” The writer commented in wonderment o
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Chico Hamilton: Flexible Chico
The advertisement for a recent weekend booking at New York’s Village Gate read “Chico Hamilton Trio,” but inside there were seven musicians on the stand in addition to the drummer-leader himself. And it was no jam session—it was an organized gr
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Jimmy Giuffre: ‘I’m a Trio Now’
“I’m a trio now.”
This is Jimmy Giuffre speaking. Until recently he’s been known as a good tenor man, a fine arranger and a fresh-sounding clarinetist.
But he’s a trio now.
“I arrived at the decision to be a trio mostly from my stu
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