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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Sean Smith</title>
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		<title>Tony Bennett, New Cool Collective, Ai Kuwabara Trio Project impress crowds at Tokyo Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/tony-bennett-new-cool-collective-ai-kuwabara-trio-project-impress-crowds-at-tokyo-jazz-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tony-bennett-new-cool-collective-ai-kuwabara-trio-project-impress-crowds-at-tokyo-jazz-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara Trio Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On seeing the lineup ahead of this year&#8217;s Tokyo Jazz Festival, my initial feeling was the organizers had maybe cast their net a bit too wide with the acts booked, but those fears were completely unfounded. With the festival being held on three main stages (the International Forum Hall A, an outside stage at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elephant9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So is this your first trip to Japan? Bassist Nikolai Eilertsen: For me, yes, but the other guys in the band have been before with different outfits. You had a real Hammond B3 on stage. You didn&#8217;t ship that over, did you? No, no. The costs would have been astronomical. At first the organizers wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Vloeimans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eric Vloeimans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is your first time at Tokyo Jazz Festival, but not your first visit to Japan. What&#8217;s your overall impression? Trumpeter Eric Vloeimans: The audience is really enthusiastic and they&#8217;re very polite, and you see that jazz music is very popular here. It seems like every bar or coffee shop is playing jazz. Most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tres-men</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/tres-men/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tres-men</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quasimode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takahiro Matsuoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yoshijiro Sakurai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yusuke Nakamura]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tres-men are made up of percussionist Takahiro &#8220;Matzz&#8221; Matsuoka, DJ Yoshijiro Sakurai and keyboardist Yusuke Nakamura. Your debut album came out in April, and here we are, five months later at Tokyo Jazz Festival. How did that come about? TM: We got the offer around May. Basically, a few years back I played at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pianist Ai Kuwabara to live out her dream on stage at  Tokyo Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/04/music/pianist-ai-kuwabara-to-live-out-her-dream-on-stage-at-tokyo-jazz-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pianist-ai-kuwabara-to-live-out-her-dream-on-stage-at-tokyo-jazz-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[From Here to There]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Sixth Sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pianist Ai Kuwabara is waxing nostalgic at the offices of her record label, East Works Entertainment, in Tokyo&#8217;s Minato Ward. &#8220;I first went to Tokyo Jazz Festival at the International Forum when I was in the fifth or sixth grade of elementary school, and I&#8217;ll never forget the impression it made on me.&#8221; &#8220;At that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sumida Fest offers newcomers a dip into the jazz scene</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/07/music/sumida-fest-offers-newcomers-a-dip-into-the-jazz-scene/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sumida-fest-offers-newcomers-a-dip-into-the-jazz-scene</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fried Pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hironobu Saito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumida Street Jazz Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tri4th]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jazz accounts for around 5 percent of total recorded music sales in Japan, but despite that the genre is ubiquitous in cities nationwide. Don&#8217;t believe me? Take a closer listen to the background music you hear while shopping at your local sh&#333;tengai (shopping arcade) or relaxing at a cafe, chances are the soundtrack includes some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing beats a Hammond B3</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/music/nothing-beats-a-hammond-b3/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nothing-beats-a-hammond-b3</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquapit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hammond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hammond B3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kankawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuta Kaneko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month started with a trip to Cotton Club in Tokyo&#8217;s Marunouchi district to see the trio Aquapit play a gig to promote their new album &#8220;Orange.&#8221; Before the show even started, something caught my attention: Occupying center stage was a vintage Hammond B3 organ, perfectly framed by a set of curtains that served as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No confusion over the way jazz fusion is heading</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/13/music/no-confusion-over-the-way-jazz-fusion-is-heading/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-confusion-over-the-way-jazz-fusion-is-heading</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquapit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erimaj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Capture Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jazz Collective]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Snarky Puppy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jazz fusion? That&#8217;s big hair and flares, right? The genre in which jazz acts go electric and incorporate elements of funk and rock with jazz improvisation, all rolled up into lengthy jams? Well, yes, but only if you&#8217;re stuck in the late 1960s or early &#8217;70s. Perhaps you&#8217;re imagining big productions with synths, epic guitar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female jazz acts are the real Cool Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/09/music/female-jazz-acts-are-the-real-cool-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=female-jazz-acts-are-the-real-cool-japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erena Terakubo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiromi Uehara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manami Morita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saori Yano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the highlights of my Golden Week this year was a concert by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Jazz Orchestra at Blue Note in Tokyo. Reuniting her big band for the first time in a decade, Akiyoshi rolled back the clock with a superb set and some witty banter. The high point of the Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pianist provides a tribute to Canadian jazz legend for his debut</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/02/music/pianist-provides-a-tribute-to-canadian-jazz-legend-for-his-debut/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pianist-provides-a-tribute-to-canadian-jazz-legend-for-his-debut</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banzai Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Peterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuki Futami]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One decision that faces jazz musicians toward the start of their careers is whether to continue the traditions of what&#8217;s gone before them or to try and strike out in a new direction. Pianist Yuki Futami, 26, has chosen the former path and has just released his debut album, &#8220;Banzai Oscar,&#8221; which is a tribute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The first lady of Japanese jazz comes home</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/25/music/the-first-lady-of-japanese-jazz-comes-home/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-first-lady-of-japanese-jazz-comes-home</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blue Note]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Japanese jazz musicians these days, going to the United States to further mastery of the genre is a much-pursued rite of passage. This route has enabled a number of acts to gain international recognition and success.]]></description>
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		<title>Playwright imprint focuses on newer jazz acts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/18/music/playwright-imprint-focuses-on-newer-jazz-acts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=playwright-imprint-focuses-on-newer-jazz-acts</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bohemianvoodoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIW Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Capture Plan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Think! Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when stories about declining music sales are frequent and major labels aren&#8217;t investing in new talent, hearing about an indie label like Playwright is music to the ears. The young jazz label&#8217;s first release came out in October, and in the space of only six months it has already compiled a roster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newbies to Japanese jazz get a soundtrack to a primer</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/11/music/newbies-to-japanese-jazz-get-a-soundtrack-to-a-primer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=newbies-to-japanese-jazz-get-a-soundtrack-to-a-primer</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koki Hanawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nippon Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wa Jazz Disc Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yusuke Ogawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For a music fan wanting to explore jazz for the first time, an ideal starting point may be the current chart-toppers, which includes Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding and Jose James. Alternatively, he or she may choose to start with the classics, diving into the extensive back catalogs of the Blue Note or Impulse labels. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz acts must embrace some new standards</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/14/music/jazz-acts-must-embrace-some-new-standards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jazz-acts-must-embrace-some-new-standards</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drop by your local jazz club and on an average night there&#8217;s a fair chance the band will at some point play a rendition of &#8220;Autumn Leaves,&#8221; &#8220;My Favorite Things&#8221; or &#8221; &#8216;Round Midnight&#8221; &#8212; or maybe all three. You might hear an inspired rendition of a time-honored classic, but more likely you&#8217;ll have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miho Hazama starts a journey</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/01/23/music/miho-hazama-starts-a-journey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=miho-hazama-starts-a-journey</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miho Hazama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s believed that time spent living abroad can be a journey of self-discovery, and for Miho Hazama that has certainly been the case. Moving to New York to study for a master&#8217;s degree in jazz composition at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) was an experience that led to the recording of her debut, &#8220;Journey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building off that four-letter word — &#8216;jazz&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something I&#8217;ve noticed recently when browsing the jazz sections of record shops is the proliferation of sub-genres among the Japanese artists. Just hearing the names is enough to get a fan excited about the apparent explosion of creativity. For example, postrock jazz acts such as Fox Capture Plan or Mouse On The Keys are clearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Collective &#8220;Jazz Collective&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been to any jazz or funk gigs in the Kanto area over the last couple of years, there&#8217;s a good chance you may have seen trombonist Takao Hirose up on stage. In addition to featuring in the horn section for other acts and playing on various recording sessions, Hirose also heads his own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For jazz fans in Japan, 2012 marked the arrival of a few new divas and some great gigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For a genre that critics and musicians have been declaring dead for more than half a century, each year nevertheless sees new artists dipping their toes in the vast ocean that is jazz. Some decide to re-trace and re-interpret well-established routes, others choose to follow the prevailing winds of fashion, while a daring few head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent route pays off for jazz act Indigo Jam Unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whichever way you look at it, there&#8217;s something a little bit different about Indigo Jam Unit. The Osaka-based band has succeeded on its own terms, eschewing the Tokyo club-jazz crowd, but at the same time carving out their own little niche within the scene. They&#8217;ve adopted a slightly different approach to their career to date, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazzing up the industrial city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On one side you have Montreux, a Swiss resort town on the banks of Lake Geneva that has seen many famous residents over the years, and which has been immortalized in the lyrics of the Deep Purple song &#8220;Smoke On The Water.&#8221; On the other you have a Japanese city in the heart of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ozone plugs hole left by Coleman at Tokyo Jazz Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Improvisation has long been a key part of the jazz musician&#8217;s repertoire, and the organizers of last weekend&#8217;s Tokyo Jazz Festival (TJF) found themselves having to do some of their own improvising at the eleventh hour when news came through that headline act Ornette Coleman was unable to fly due to poor health. In his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soil &amp; &#8220;Pimp&#8221; Sessions, Jaga Jazzist and Bruut! challenge jazz&#8217;s conservative image</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Grammy Award-winning bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding recently told the Los Angeles Times that one of the problems in bringing jazz to a wider audience was essentially one of image. Unlike with pop music, where Auto-Tune can airbrush out any vocal shortcomings and computers can tweak instrumental performances, jazz artists spend many years learning their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic Minority &#8220;Startin&#8217; &#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been near Shibuya Station in Tokyo at night in the past 12 months, you may well have encountered three young guys playing up a storm to passers-by, many of whom have stopped to listen, cheer and/or dance. This trio goes by the name of Ethnic Minority, and is led by saxophonist Hiroyuki Yokota. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best of 2011: Shinpei Ruike 4 Piece Band &#8220;Sector b&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As member of the ultra-hip Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet, Shinpei Ruike has developed an instantly identifiable sound and is arguably the best trumpeter of his generation in Japan. &#8220;Sector b,&#8221; his second album as leader, shows the full spectrum of Ruike&#8217;s sound. Each of the seven tracks has a distinctive mood, all of them refracted [...]]]></description>
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