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   Wynton's Right! Jazz Changes Your Life!!! - Blog of the Nation ...

   September 02, 2008 ... Wynton's Right! Jazz Changes Your Life!!! 1:57. September 2, 2008. comments. ... Source: Scott Wintrow/Getty Images. Jazz music entered my life in three phases. ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/09/wyntons_right_jazz_changes_you_1.html

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   Those We Remember - Blog of the Nation Blog

   January 01, 2008 ... Here are several more remembrances from staffers here at NPR: Alice Coltrane, Jazz Musician Alice Coltrane - She was my first jazz love. ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/01/those_we_remember.html

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   Queenan On 'Fat People' - Blog of the Nation Blog

   November 23, 2009 ... citizen." To wit,. Where would jazz be without the seminal influence of Louis Armstrong, the greatest trumpeter of them all? And how ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/11/queenan_on_fat_people_1.html

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   Terence Blanchard - Requiems And Fanfares - Blog of the Nation ...

   August 16, 2007 ... own requiem for that city, and he's got a new projects coming up that's more like a fanfare: he's moving the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, one ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/08/terence_blanchard_requiems_and.html

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   Happy Birthday, 'Kind Of Blue' - Blog of the Nation Blog

   August 17, 2009 ... Here are two interesting takes: Fred Kaplan explains why Kind of Blue is so great, and from two years ago, NPR's Jazz Profiles spends an hour with the album. ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/08/happy_birthday_kind_of_blue_1.html

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   Newport Folk Festival - Blog of the Nation Blog

   July 27, 2009 ... famous folk festival would celebrate its "golden anniversary." In 2007 George Wein, the octogenarian co-founder of the festival -- and its jazz sister, sold ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/07/newport_folk_festival.html

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   For Your Consideration - Blog of the Nation Blog

   January 13, 2009 ... music. All Songs Considered; From The Top; JazzSet; Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz; Mountain Stage. Song of the Day; The Thistle & Shamrock; World Cafe; World of ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/01/for_your_consideration.html

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   January 6th Show - Blog of the Nation Blog

   January 06, 2009 ... We're celebrating the 70th birthday of Blue Note Records, with three fantastic guests -- Bruce Lundvall, Blue Note's current president; jazz historian and ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/01/january_6th_show_1.html

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   Key of Lovely - Blog of the Nation Blog

   December 24, 2007 ... It's early yet, but there are some reports that the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has died at the age of 82. ... tags: Oscar Peterson, jazz piano. ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/12/key_of_lovely.html

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    Far, Wide, And Deep - Blog of the Nation Blog

    July 07, 2009 ... music. All Songs Considered; From The Top; JazzSet; Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz; Mountain Stage. ... We'll hear him in jazz clubs and honky-tonk bars, on MTV and ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/07/far_wide_and_deep.html