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I love jazz (and its many cousins, including: bluegrass, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban, etc.) and listen to and watch a bazillion performances.
I honestly don’t understand why everyone isn’t obsessed with jazz.
In the hope you either love jazz and are looking for new artists or have a latent love of jazz you’re about to discover, here are some artists I love, with one performance from each:
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Tuba Skinny (a New Orleans-based band) and Potato Head Jazz Band (based in Europe) At the Jazzband Ball
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Wynton Marsalis Quintet + Mark O’Connor and Frank Vignola Sweet Georgia Brown
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Emmet Cohen, Patrick Bartley, Kyle Poole, and Yasushi Nakamura After You’ve Gone
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Masato Honda B.B. Station (Tokyo) Seven
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Newen Afrobeat Opposite People
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Michel Camilo + WDR Big Band And Sammy Walked In
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The Brecker Brothers (Michael & Randy) Some Skunk Funk
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Anat Cohen China Boy
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New Trombone Collective + Jiggs Whigham, Bart van Lier, Nils Wogram, & Mark Nightingale The Bones from Brazil
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The Jazz Avengers (a phenomenal new all-female band from Japan) Maybe I Know
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“Moon Hooch” (a joint performance by “Moon Hooch” and “Too Many Zooz”) Live dance party in Washington Square Park, NYC, Fall 2014
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Emmet Cohen, Erena Terakubo, Yotam Silberstein, Russell Hall, and Winard Harper I’ll Remember April
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The Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band (an all-female American band) Umbria Jazz 2023
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The Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra Jan 14, 2021 performance
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Joe Magnarelli, Steve Davis, & David Saucy Soy Califa
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Ramène Ta Trompette (France) My Gal Sal
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Miku Yonezawa Tenor Hunter
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Frank Vignola, Vinnie Raniolo, Matt Flinner, Michael Papillo, Rich Zukor Tico Tico
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Paquito D’Rivera + WDR Big Band Libertango
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Jim Pugh & Eijiro Nakagawa (E’nJ) Two-trombone quintet
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The Secret Six (a new, eight-member (???) band) Dippermouth Blues
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Juna Serita, Patrick Bartley, Ayaki, May Inoue, and Satoshi Bandoh Hallucigenia
With thanks to Jens Thekkeveettil for their photo on Unsplash