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There's a buzz that accompanies a Kamasi Washington show: a sense that something big is about to happen. Yesterday afternoon, as improvising London collective Steam Down tore it up on the outdoor ...

Sounds like: A big, meditative exhale, sprinkled with stardust. In this hyper day and age, instrumental music doesn’t get enough focus. It’s often diminished to “mood music,” something passive and out ...

This is FRESH AIR. There are two fat, new biographies of composers and pianists born 43 years apart. Their music transcended jazz, but recognition for their work was slow - James P. Johnson, born in ...