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The Fire Still Burns as veteran jazz saxophonist Alan Braufman builds on his comeback

by Brad Cohan August 28, 2020August 18, 2021

One of the headiest of all avant-garde jazz heads is Alan Braufman. The veteran saxophonist, flutist, and composer has been wielding his polymathic wizardry since the early 1970s, when he helped put New York City’s loft-jazz movement on the map. But most younger listeners didn’t get their first chance to immerse themselves in his towering, […]

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The Jazz Festival’s orbit bustles with too much music for one weekend

by Bill Meyer August 22, 2019August 18, 2021

Jazz Fest’s ten days of neighborhood concerts, satellite shows, and aftersets include Kidd Jordan, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, and Ben Sidran.

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Endlessly adaptable multi-instrumentalist and storyteller Cooper-Moore plays during the Dog/Days of summer jazz

by Bill Meyer August 16, 2019August 18, 2021

Born Gene Ashton in 1946, Cooper-Moore grew up in a house built by his great-grandfather in the Virginia hills west of Washington, D.C. Though he’s associated with New York City’s ecstatic jazz scene, where he’s played piano since the 1970s alongside the likes of saxophonist David S. Ware and bassist William Parker, rural self-reliance remains […]

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Multifaceted New York pianist Cooper-Moore gives a rare Chicago performance

by Peter Margasak August 31, 2017August 18, 2021

New York pianist Cooper-Moore brings a characteristic mix of elegance and fury to his parts on Meditation/Resurrection (Aum Fidelity), a new double album by bassist William Parker. But as explosive as his performance gets, with percussive runs that summon the spirit of fellow travelers such as Cecil Taylor and Don Pullen, Cooper-Moore is clearly working […]