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  • Ebène Quartet
    Photo by Julien Mignot
  • Member of Ebène Quartet use their classical training to put a new twist on jazz.
    Photo by Julien Mignot

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Mozart & Miles Davis: Ebène Quartet relies on classical training to put a newspin on jazz

  • Shemekia Copeland
    Courtesy Photo
  • Johnny Copeland
    Photo by © James Fraher

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Best of both worlds: Queen of the Blues Shemekia Copeland returns to her Texasroots

  • Cassandra Wilson
    Photo by Marco Glaviano
  • Cassandra Wilson
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With Another Country, Cassandra Wilson continues to expand the boundaries ofjazz

  • Houston jazz saxophonist Alisha Pattillo
    Photo by Dave Sartin
  • Pattillo with her quartet with members, from left, Rock Romano (engineer), PaulChester (guitar), Richard Cholakian (drums) and David Craig (bass)
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  • Alisha Pattillo in concert
    Photo by Bob Ramsey

Rare Birds

An Australian jazz goddess finds that Houston best fits her groove: AlishaPattillo needn't wander