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Nate Chinen
@natechinen.bsky.social
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Writing and talking about music. Forever listening. WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.'
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 3h
Glad that in 12 hours, I will be standing in front of the John Coltrane House with Ravi, Lovett Hines and a bunch of gifted kids — a much-needed Philadelphia healing, after this disastrous day
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 4h
Drinking heavily on a weeknight because sports
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 12h
More on Sullivan Fortner last night (and forever) 🏆
Sullivan Fortner wins the inaugural Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award
A counterpart to The Gilmore Artist Award for classical pianists, the Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award honors an exceptional jazz pianist. Its first recipient is Sullivan Fortner, who accepted at a cer...
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Julian Booker @booker-julian.bsky.social · 15h
THIS MAN 🙌 ⚾️ 🎷 @phillies.com SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL JAZZ STATION x.com/JDumasReport...
Jason Dumas on X: "This video took a ton of turns 😂 I started filming to show all the Dodger fans hitting the exits in the 7th inning. Then Schwarber hit his second homer while filming. Then I caught a Phillies fan going nuts 😂 https://t.co/1edhgbMJoK" / X
This video took a ton of turns 😂 I started filming to show all the Dodger fans hitting the exits in the 7th inning. Then Schwarber hit his second homer while filming. Then I caught a Phillies fan going nuts 😂 https://t.co/1edhgbMJoK
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 1d
Two of my favorite musicians alive — Craig Taborn and Sullivan Fortner — received massive honors today. It’s a hard time to be paying attention in this world, but here’s some unmitigated good news. So happy for them both. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 2d
Terence Blanchard is a cultural hero, full stop.
Common Cause: Terence Blanchard
A beachside chat with a cultural hero, now in your feeds
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 6d
While "Wood" is grabbing all the attention, I'll put it out into the universe: You don't even need a full-on breakup to put your whole heart into an emotional banger titled "Loose Ends"
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 6d
I like a number of songs on the new TS album, but there’s just no getting around the fact that it’s hilarious to fall deeply in love with Travis Kelce. It couldn’t be funnier if you wrote a set of romantic pop-ballads about Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle.
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 6d
“It's very possible that Swift is leaning into pettiness and even bad taste as a way of further fleshing out the spotlight-hardened character she's exploring. But to send such messages now is a choice.” Here’s @annkpowers.bsky.social with a characteristically nuanced and generous Showgirl review. ✨
On 'The Life of a Showgirl,' Taylor Swift feels love's glow and the spotlight's glare
On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in the palm of her hand.
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 7d
Happy 100 to a real one. I loved this man, and whether you know it or not, you love the musical reality he helped bring into being.
George Wein at 100
To a mentor, and a memory (one of many)
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 18d
Calder Gardens opens today in Philadelphia, and it’s a big deal for the worlds of art, architecture and design. But when I spent a few hours there last week, it struck me as a musical experience.
The quiet music of Calder Gardens
A beguiling new art space on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway celebrates the sculptural forms of Alexander Calder — presenting them in a way that subtly evokes the experience of music.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d
her name couldn’t really be WILL OBEY
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20d
Oops www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Bob Iger’s Wife, Willow Bay, May Have to Move Her Free Speech Fundraiser
A fundraiser for Willow Bay's International Women's Media Foundation, planned to take place at the power couple's Brentwood home next month, may have to relocate after her husband yanks Jimmy Kimmel o...
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 19d
Not far into the early set at The Village Vanguard on Thursday night, I had a wildly irresponsible thought: at this moment, the Miguel Zenón Quartet might actually be the best band in the world.
Vanguardia Subterránea
The Miguel Zenón Quartet levitates the underground
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 22d
"Cancel Culture" — ruling class invokes this phrase like it's a state of being. But when they deploy it, the first word in the phrase isn't a modifier, it's a command.
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 22d
Hip-hop heads and jazz snobs don’t always find common ground, but they should be able to agree on Kassa Overall. Let’s make the case.
Magnetism: Kassa Overall
A podcast drop for the heads, live from Solar Myth 🔥
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 24d
I don’t get complaints about the running joke on the #Emmys broadcast. Smug mid white guy flaunts his wealth, uses a money clock to threaten artists with the deprivation of underprivileged children — what could be more in tune with our cultural moment?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25d
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 25d
What is the sonic equivalent to “visionary” — aurallary? RIP to one of those, maybe the best of them
The Sorcerer's Ascension
RIP Hermeto Pascoal, who found music in everything
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 28d
We’ve got a whole Curtis Brothers episode coming soon! Pretty sure you’re gonna dig it.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 28d
Everyone is out of their goddam mind.
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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 9
It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
It Only Tuesday
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Phew, that game was closer than I would have liked. Anyway, it’s Bandcamp Friday now, and I have some killer recs.
Back to School
Recommended reading, and a crisp Take Five
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · Sep 5
I often feel this way too. At least he has a crucial counterweight in Mike Tirico, who is just the best always (cc: @jodyrosen.bsky.social)
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Omg “inclement Ford” is such a burn. Also, do you know about the time Stanley Crouch hauled off and slapped Dale Peck outside a West Village bistro? (We used to like that spot, and I couldn’t help but picture the moment every time we went)
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