contemporary
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Coltrane, who died of cancer in 1967, is only known to have recorded once with his contemporary, on the title track of Rollins' 1956 album "Tenor Madness."
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
There have been dozens of painters—albeit fewer and fewer now that the favored mode of contemporary art is no longer painting—who took Hofmann’s canvases and philosophy as veritable instruction manuals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Porter was a pivotal figure in contemporary Los Angeles jazz, beginning with his studies under legendary educator Reggie Andrews in the Multi-School Jazz Band in Watts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The music icon award was presented to DJ and producer Calvin Harris for "helping shape the sound of contemporary dance and pop over the last two decades".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Tisquantum was critical to the colony’s survival, contemporary scholars agree.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing contemporary
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