The Checkout: Live archive

December 12, 2012 – An all-star band of heavyweight hard-bop masters lift off in loose assembly. WBGO

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December 12, 2012 – A leading-edge pianist rides the rhythmic boost of a band with a tap dancer, live on stage. WBGO

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November 15, 2012 – The bi-coastal rising-star sax man, known for his work with Kenny Barron, leads his own band live. WBGO

November 8, 2012 – A top-notch jazz musician, the Israeli bassist surfaces his Middle Eastern roots in his own music. WBGO

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November 7, 2012 – A monster saxophonist returns to New York, where his band awaited his arrival. WBGO

October 18, 2012 – The pianist's imaginative virtuosity is beginning to translate to stateside jazz success. WBGO

September 19, 2012 – The trumpeter's new band, with folksinger Aoife O'Donovan, explores a carefully curated hymnal. WBGO

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June 17, 2012 – International jazz stars want him as a drummer. But he's also a composer of open, soaring music. WBGO

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June 17, 2012 – It's been 10 years since the drummer released an album. Now, he imagines Salvador Dalí in Brooklyn. WBGO

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May 30, 2012 – As part of an 11-piece band, the drummer locates the African heart of Caribbean party music. WBGO

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May 30, 2012 – In his search for the emotional core of modern jazz, the guitarist wrote a batch of nifty tunes. WBGO

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April 26, 2012 – Folk dances of Africa and the Middle East come to the fore in the bouncy sway of this quartet. WBGO

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April 26, 2012 – Jason Lindner's electro-groove trio refracts the sounds of New York City, from bebop to way beyond. WBGO

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April 10, 2012 – The trumpeter once busked in New York subways. These days, her local gigs are more prestigious. WBGO

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March 28, 2012 – A Spanish bassist in New York addresses the works of a Spanish poet who came decades before him. WBGO

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