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May 13, 2021
Cape Henlopen High School senior Jacqueline Johnson, left, performs with True Blue Jazz headliner Benny Benack III. DENY HOWETH PHOTOGRAPHY
Benny Benack III, right, performs with bassist Alex Claffy. DENY HOWETH PHOTOGRAPHY
Peggy Raley, left, receives the Jazz Presenter of the Year Award from Tina Betz, director of the City of Wilmington Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. JIM COOSE, MOOLOOP PHOTOGRAPHY
True Blue Jazz started off its ninth year with a bang.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, so the independent, straight-ahead jazz festival celebrated in style. It hosted a live concert to a sold-out crowd April 29 at Nassau Valley Vineyards with award-winning trumpeter and vocalist Benny Benack III.
Litchfield Jazz Festival Presents the Emmet Cohen Trio jazzpolice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jazzpolice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Adam Feibel Jimmy Katz / ECM Records
Emmet Cohen embarks on a trip through the long history of jazz piano with his latest album
Future Stride.
In his first album for Mack Avenue, the pianist and composer recruited bassist Russell Hall and drummer Kyle Poole his frequent collaborators for a trio recording that also features performances by saxophonist Melissa Aldana and trumpeter Marquis Hill.
Future Stride revisits the sounds of stride piano from as early as the 1920s and reimagines them with a modern ear, resulting in a mix of originals and vintage tunes that sound contemporary.
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