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- NewsSam Lane
15 Stylish Jazz Musicians to Celebrate International Jazz Day
It’s International Jazz Day! From the famous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a concert series held in Namibia, Africa this weekend, the whole world is celebrating decades of jazz history, and the iconic performers who helped shape it. Jazz has its roots in African American communities in New Orleans, where African and European musical traditions merged to create a wholly American art form. In the 20th century, particularly during the 1940s bebop movement, jazz as we now know it began to
- NewsBen Bussey
Don Cheadle Couldn’t Get Miles Davis Movie Made Without a White Co-star
A fictionalised take on the life of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis, ‘Miles Ahead’ sees Cheadle make his feature debut as writer-director as well as playing the lead - but he tells Deadline that the casting of Ewan McGregor in a supporting role proved vital to getting the film made.
