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The day before J.K. Simmons won an Oscar (best supporting actor) for his portrayal of a sadistic jazz teacher in Damien Chazelle’s pulsating, fictional movie Whiplash , legendary jazz trumpeter and educator Clark Terry died Feb. 21 at age 94 after a long battle with diabetes.
Marian McPartland had not just one, but two stellar careers.
Where to hear some great music in the nation's capital?
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A 1954 cover story in Time magazine described Dave Brubeck as "a wigging cat with a far-out wail," in a cringe-worthy attempt to approximate the hep lingo of the jazz aficionados who crowded into his performances in the smoky bohemian nightclubs of the day. But audiences flocked to see Brubeck at…
The history of jazz, that signature American art form, is replete with musicians - from Kid Ory to Ornette Coleman - who've dared to improvise and tinker with melody and time signatures, and who've continually reinvented the nature of music itself.