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Clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Reviewing one of Anat's headlining sets with her quartet at the North See Jazz Festival, DownBeat said: Cohen not only proved to be a woodwind...

Great musicians are able to blend a range of styles in order to produce a single result. Yet it's even more impressive when these influences have been so completely assimilated by the players that they cannot be deconstructed. Such is the case with this...

These Old Blind Dogs have had to learn some new tricks. With the departure of longtime vocalist and venerable folkie Ian Benzie, in addition to other lineup renegotiations, Dog veterans Jonny Hardie and Buzzby McMillan are all that remain of the old order. In...