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Esperanza Spalding

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The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2016

If there's been any positive outcome to David Bowie’s death, we can take comfort in the fresh light he shined on jazz music in 2016.
By Ron Hart
Marquis Hill.

The Best Jazz Albums of 2016 (So Far)

We’re already six months into 2016, and jazz is maintaining the momentum it enjoyed in the wake of the breakthrough year that was 2015.
By Ron Hart
Kamasi Washington.

SummerStage 2016 Free Concerts Spotlight Jazz as Zeitgeist, Kamasi Washington

"Jazz is kind of an expression of open-mindedness. Jazz coming up means people are kind of searching for something like that."
By Justin Joffe

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