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Get To Know London's Thriving Jazz Scene (By Way Of Austin, Texas)

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Get To Know London's Thriving Jazz Scene (By Way Of Austin, Texas)

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Players like Moses Boyd, Shabaka Hutchings and Sarathy Korwar drive London's jazz scene forward with sounds from around the world. In March, SXSW hosted all three for an up-to-the minute dispatch.

Get To Know London's Thriving Jazz Scene (By Way Of Austin, Texas)

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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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In words as well as music, hear how seriously Bridgewater takes her role as a music mentor and how it connects to her own experience in the jazz lineage.

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters, In Their Own Words

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The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters, In Their Own Words

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Hear how the artists honored by the NEA this year — Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dave Holland, Dick Hyman and Ira Gitler — earned their stripes and paid their jazz dues.

The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters, In Their Own Words

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Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

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Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

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An economic blockade between the U.S. and Cuba didn't prevent jazz from traveling between the countries. But what if the dialogue could flow freely? The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra wanted to find out.

Arturo O'Farrill Presents 'Cuba: The Conversation Continues'

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Ingrid Jensen And Steve Treseler Play Kenny Wheeler

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Ingrid Jensen And Steve Treseler Play Kenny Wheeler

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The late, distinctively melodic jazz trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler was quietly influential to generations of musicians. From the Pacific Northwest, two acolytes reimagine his catalog.

Ingrid Jensen And Steve Treseler Play Kenny Wheeler

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Muldrow Meets Mingus

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Muldrow Meets Mingus

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Vocalist and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow's interpretive tribute to Charles Mingus aligns with the Afrocentric current that flows through underground hip-hop, avant-R&B and psychedelic soul.

Muldrow Meets Mingus

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Catherine Russell: Sunny Side Of The Street

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Catherine Russell: Sunny Side Of The Street

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More than 30 years ago, Sy Oliver arranged a book of music for female vocal trio, for one concert only. The singer Catherine Russell unearths those arrangements at Jazz At Lincoln Center.

Catherine Russell: Sunny Side Of The Street

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Celebrating Betty Carter

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Celebrating Betty Carter

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There's jazz conservatory, and there was "the school of Betty Carter": her band's alumni and the fellow singers bound by her thrall. Vocalist Charenée Wade leads a tribute to her lasting influence.

Celebrating Betty Carter

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A Jazz Fact Check Of 'La La Land'

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A Jazz Fact Check Of 'La La Land'

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There are many takes about what La La Land gets right or wrong about jazz. This episode explores how the tension between illusion and disillusion plays out among real musicians in Los Angeles.

A Jazz Fact Check Of 'La La Land'

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Cecile McLorin Salvant And Sullivan Fortner

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Cecile McLorin Salvant And Sullivan Fortner

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The communication between piano and voice often becomes deeply personal. Two rising stars of their instruments prove as much in duet at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Cecile McLorin Salvant And Sullivan Fortner

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In 'Real Enemies,' Darcy James Argue Confronts A Post-Truth World

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In 'Real Enemies,' Darcy James Argue Confronts A Post-Truth World

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The Secret Society bandleader says his latest composition explores "the present-day folklore that we call conspiracy theories" — no tinfoil hat required.

In 'Real Enemies,' Darcy James Argue Confronts A Post-Truth World

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Marilyn Maye: The Queen Of Cabaret

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Marilyn Maye: The Queen Of Cabaret

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The 88-year-old singer and actress is a living legend. She's performed with artists like Count Basie and Charlie Parker, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an unprecedented 76 times.

Marilyn Maye: The Queen Of Cabaret

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Radical Imagination: Jazz And Social Justice

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Radical Imagination: Jazz And Social Justice

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The Transformations Suite is Samora Pinderhughes' ambitious new work combining music, words and visuals — inspired by African-American resistance and protest movements.

Radical Imagination: Jazz And Social Justice

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Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited'

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Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited'

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Jazz Night In America's host happens to be a Grammy-winning bassist, and he's written a special work. Hear a bluesy, soulful oratorio for big band and gospel choir, inspired by civil-rights icons.

Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited'

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Danilo Pérez: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

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Danilo Pérez: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

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For the pianist and founder, the Panama Jazz Festival is much more than a bunch of concerts in his hometown. It's an exhibition of how music can change a neighborhood, a political climate or a life.

Danilo Pérez: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

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