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improvisational,
Merry Christmas 2025 and here's some radical music to move the day along, Miles Davis Quintet, February 12, 1964 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA.

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December 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
improv duo, Cologne, Germany 2011

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December 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Bill Orcutt guitarist, associated with American no wave, hardcore punk, free jazz, progenitor for the noise movement, the band Harry Pussy, Miami’s trash monkeys, inspired by blues legend Muddy Waters, played Vancouver, BC, summer 2025, Bill Orcutt GUITAR!

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December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
two trombone s can't get more exciting than dat' the mom and daughter jammin' together up a lazy river, they ain't lazy, reminds one of the way hugh fraser would solo trombone, yea, two trombones!

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December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Mickey Rourke, a unique individual!

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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
the summer 2025 Fort Langley, BC Canada jazz festival brought a plethora of local and international talent to the indoor/outdoor stages. Young and advanced players, seasoned pros, blues, jazz, free improv sets the tone. Wonder what's next in 2026? Stay tuned,

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October 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Bruce Freedman is his name, free jazz his game. No need to play medium tempo happy hard bop for fame but rather look for profound artistic and emotional expression through extended saxophone improvisation, wide intervalic leaps, chromatic approach, MUSIC!

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October 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hey Bruce, play free, with Torsten & Dylan, eh!
Free jazz, an experimental approach to jazz, musicians abandon traditional conventions, fixed tempos, chord changes, and melodic structures to achieve a great freedom of expression.

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October 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Graham Ord - saxophones, piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, ultimate woodwinds man closes the 2025 Vancouver Jazz Festival, full stop. Get over it, there'll be other musical adventures in store for everyone on the jazz scene. Practice, meditate, listen!

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September 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
legendary bassist speaks,

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September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Badal Roy, pioneering Indian tabla player/percussionist who collaborated with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Dave Liebman and John McLaughlin, etc. World music fusion, bubbling groove monster!

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September 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tom Wherrett our music man, guitar icon, they called em' to open the jazz festival and they did, legions of musical followers, other guitarists, fans, lined up over the Granville Street Bridge. Press a fret on a string, produce a note, etc. JAZZ IMPROV, dig!

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September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Geometry Quartet- Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Taylor Ho Bynum and Vocalizer Kyoko Kitamura... recently the subject of an hour-long episode titled Geometries in the sky, on earth, and reaching in between on WFMU's Vocal Fry-

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August 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
bass man Ron Carter reminiscing on the good ol' days playin' with his music buddy Eric Dolphy the woodwinds wizard,

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August 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
catch Material Culture Project at the Fort Langley Jazz Event 2025, hard bop little big band directed by bari-sax/composer/arranger Ian Shaw, poised to be the highlight of the festival, no one can do what they do, hard boppers, all of em', jazz heads, dig!

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July 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Joe Bjornson album project 2000, 11 musicians, sound modules/samplers MIDI synced multitracked recorded, produced by Dave Say and Bjornson, Mr. Say also created album art design concepts, 500 copies were produced, compositions- 1988 to 1996, here's a taste-

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July 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
VIFF, check out the documentary on Blue Note Records, Beyond the Notes by Sophie Huber. Revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes, pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. get it'

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July 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wonderful Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney kicks off the 2025 G7 summit meetings in Alberta Canada (used to be G8 with Russia included)

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June 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Jazz Festival is here, June 20-July 1, 2025. From straight ahead to free jazz improvisation and every music style in between, international/local players like bassist Torsten Müller.
We will, we will rock you!

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June 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
alto saxophonist Pj Perry wailed outside in the summer heat, Ft. Langley BC, July 2024, bebop open air, outside, no Jack Kerouac, no beatniks, no more Tommy Banks, they're long gone. Just the bebop, by Canada's best bebopper, Pj!

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June 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
great review and playback of saxophonist Eric Alexander's 2005 album "Sunday In New York", now released on vinyl-

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June 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
1999, backstage on the cruise ship, warming up the chops, saxophonist Steve Potter snapped some photos. We were all in this together, the band, the secret language of free improv, many are called, but few are chosen!

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May 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Buddy Rich Big Band 1973, parts one and two...

part one-
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part two-
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March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tony Wilson and Ron Samworth guitar wizards, so ya wanna be a jazz legend, it's easy man, just do what they do, you can do it too, be a music legend like Tony and Ron, eh!
Tony-
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Ron-
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March 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
superb,
Timeless release. Both old school and forward thinking, this EP consists of four merciless, brilliantly executed cuts far beyond your standard techno fare.
Minimal techno with spacy elements. Overlooked for many years. You can still buy it cheap,
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March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM