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Charlie Haden Overcomes Adversity at Healdsburg Jazz Festival
The buzz in the Jackson Theater was a little more anxious than usual during the pre-show hum of this year’s Healdsburg (Calif.) Jazz Festival, because the one unconfirmed g
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REVIEWS ★ EDITORS’ PICKS JUNE 2013
ARCHIVES ★ CLASSIC INTERVIEWs
Sonny Stitt: Original Voice
Saxophonist Sonny Stitt, who was a fierce competitor, joins his peers and idols in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Sonny Stitt never had it easy. At the start of his solo career, he had to defend himself from unfair comparisons to a personal
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Baby Dodds: The Pulse
A number of important jazz artists who are no longer living clearly deserve to be included in the DownBeat Hall of Fame. Our Veterans Committee, designed specifically to rectify that situation, votes in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll to induct h
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Chicago: Jazz-Rock Pioneers
Add Chicago to Los Angeles and what do you get—a population explosion? Hardly. Just seven more long-haired, rock-bound, jazz-oriented, folk-influenced, country-tinged musical chameleons.
The group known as Chicago is now Los Angeles-based
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Paul Chambers: Corridor of Stability
If the Veterans Committee Hall of Fame often serves as an instrument of atonement for misplaced or overlooked past critical priorities, at least it carries the authority of historical perspective. Such is the case with bassist Paul Chambers, whose on
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