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March is upon us, and that means a whole new month’s worth of live jazz performances by Yoko and the trio. What better way to celebrate the end of winter and the start of spring than live music? Here’s where Yoko will be this month: March 3 – Thelonious Monkfish – Cambridge, MA March 4…
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Nina Simone would have turned 84 on Feb. 21. In a life marked by tumult and adventure, she blazed a trail that we only wish more people would follow, using her public platform to talk about difficult issues and to sing songs of justice. Here are three indelible Nina Simone performances.

Jazz can often be a music of blazing virtuosity. Jazz musicians have always pushed the boundaries of what their instruments were deemed capable of, from Louis Armstrong’s famed trumpet intros and high notes to Ella Fitzgerald’s scat singing to John Coltrane’s ecstatic shrieking. But jazz is also a music of subtlety and intricacy, and it’s…
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