Take Five: By Artist Recommendation http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=149402978&ft=1&f=149402978 Get to know jazz by artist recommendations. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Take Five: By Artist Recommendation http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=149402978&ft=1&f=149402978 Chick Corea's Playlist For A Reunion The band Return to Forever helped define jazz fusion in the 1970s. Now reconstituted and about to start a three-month summer tour, its founding keyboardist picks five songs which tell the story behind the group. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/06/28/137379798/chick-coreas-playlist-for-a-reunion?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/06/28/137379798/chick-coreas-playlist-for-a-reunion?ft=1&f=149402978 The band Return to Forever helped define jazz fusion in the 1970s. Now reconstituted and about to start a three-month summer tour, its founding keyboardist picks five songs which tell the story behind the group.

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]]> Branford Marsalis And Joey Calderazzo's Top Five Jazz Duos Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/06/10/137015996/branford-marsalis-and-joey-calderazzos-top-five-jazz-duos?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/06/10/137015996/branford-marsalis-and-joey-calderazzos-top-five-jazz-duos?ft=1&f=149402978 Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings.

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]]> Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:49:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/02/02/133373253/agallochs-aesop-dekker-on-his-5-favorite-jazz-records?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/02/02/133373253/agallochs-aesop-dekker-on-his-5-favorite-jazz-records?ft=1&f=149402978 Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records.

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]]> 5 Expansive Wadada Leo Smith Recordings, Picked By Vijay Iyer When pianist Vijay Iyer first put on a Smith record, he heard "great silences, toneless columns of air, long tones that cut diagonally across the hubbub of the ensemble." Iyer pays tribute to the trumpeter with five of his favorite Smith recordings. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/11/16/131366498/5-expansive-wadada-leo-smith-recordings-picked-by-vijay-iyer?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/11/16/131366498/5-expansive-wadada-leo-smith-recordings-picked-by-vijay-iyer?ft=1&f=149402978 When pianist Vijay Iyer first put on a Smith record, he heard "great silences, toneless columns of air, long tones that cut diagonally across the hubbub of the ensemble." Iyer pays tribute to the trumpeter with five of his favorite Smith recordings.

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]]> Ideal Bread: Josh Sinton On Steve Lacy Baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton has a healthy obsession with the music of Steve Lacy, who remains an enduring figure in jazz. With the recent release of <em>Transit</em>, his second volume of Lacy originals, Sinton selects five key Lacy performances and explains why they're important. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:24:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128163208/ideal-bread-josh-sinton-on-steve-lacy?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128163208/ideal-bread-josh-sinton-on-steve-lacy?ft=1&f=149402978 Baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton has a healthy obsession with the music of Steve Lacy, who remains an enduring figure in jazz. With the recent release of Transit, his second volume of Lacy originals, Sinton selects five key Lacy performances and explains why they're important.

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]]> Jim Hall: Guitar As Miniature Orchestra Hall is in a league of players who've turned the tables for jazz and their respective instruments. As far as modernizing the sound <em>and</em> vocabulary of jazz guitar to the degree he did, longtime admirer and fellow guitarist Rez Abbasi says Hall is unmatched. Abbasi picks five songs, each of which reveals Hall's idiosyncratic technique. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/120889787/jim-hall-guitar-as-miniature-orchestra?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/120889787/jim-hall-guitar-as-miniature-orchestra?ft=1&f=149402978 Hall is in a league of players who've turned the tables for jazz and their respective instruments. As far as modernizing the sound and vocabulary of jazz guitar to the degree he did, longtime admirer and fellow guitarist Rez Abbasi says Hall is unmatched. Abbasi picks five songs, each of which reveals Hall's idiosyncratic technique.

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]]> Blue Note Records Celebrates 70 Years Of Jazz From before bebop to the present day, some of the best jazz albums of all time have been issued by Blue Note Records. The label celebrates its 70th anniversary this week, and to honor the occasion, pianist Bill Charlap has chosen five of his all-time favorite Blue Note songs. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2009/01/06/99017823/blue-note-records-celebrates-70-years-of-jazz?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2009/01/06/99017823/blue-note-records-celebrates-70-years-of-jazz?ft=1&f=149402978 From before bebop to the present day, some of the best jazz albums of all time have been issued by Blue Note Records. The label celebrates its 70th anniversary this week, and to honor the occasion, pianist Bill Charlap has chosen five of his all-time favorite Blue Note songs.

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]]> Top Five Neglected Jazz Masterpieces For all the jazz albums to be universally hailed as classics, many more deserve to be recognized as such. Here, arranger and Grammy-winning record producer Bob Belden picks five slept-on jazz classics. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:48:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2008/07/29/93013105/top-five-neglected-jazz-masterpieces?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2008/07/29/93013105/top-five-neglected-jazz-masterpieces?ft=1&f=149402978 For all the jazz albums to be universally hailed as classics, many more deserve to be recognized as such. Here, arranger and Grammy-winning record producer Bob Belden picks five slept-on jazz classics.

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]]> A Few Of Marian McPartland's Favorite Things Marian McPartland, world-renowned jazz pianist and host of NPR's <em>Piano Jazz</em>, thought that an all-time favorite song list was impossible. Here, she offers her current Top 5: the songs and recordings that she's listening to right now. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:32:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2008/06/23/91651586/a-few-of-marian-mcpartlands-favorite-things?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2008/06/23/91651586/a-few-of-marian-mcpartlands-favorite-things?ft=1&f=149402978 Marian McPartland, world-renowned jazz pianist and host of NPR's Piano Jazz, thought that an all-time favorite song list was impossible. Here, she offers her current Top 5: the songs and recordings that she's listening to right now.

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]]> Five Albums I Can't Do Without Pianist Arturo O'Farrill, son of the Latin jazz pioneer Chico O'Farrill, now conducts the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in New York. He picks five jazz albums which he says changed his life. Tue, 27 May 2008 06:25:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2008/05/27/90792808/five-albums-i-cant-do-without?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2008/05/27/90792808/five-albums-i-cant-do-without?ft=1&f=149402978 Pianist Arturo O'Farrill, son of the Latin jazz pioneer Chico O'Farrill, now conducts the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in New York. He picks five jazz albums which he says changed his life.

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]]> Dear Bill: From Brazil, With Love, Eliane Eliane Elias grew up listening to the music of jazz pianist Bill Evans in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Now an accomplished pianist and singer in her own right, she shares a small selection of her favorite trio, duet, and solo recordings. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:54:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2008/02/27/43637288/dear-bill-from-brazil-with-love-eliane?ft=1&f=149402978 http://www.npr.org/2008/02/27/43637288/dear-bill-from-brazil-with-love-eliane?ft=1&f=149402978 Eliane Elias grew up listening to the music of jazz pianist Bill Evans in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Now an accomplished pianist and singer in her own right, she shares a small selection of her favorite trio, duet, and solo recordings.

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