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Professor Longhair's "Tipitina" is a New Orleans funk staple and a template for the New Orleans piano style.

Read Celebrate Mardi Gras With New Orleans Piano Jazz24

February 18, 2009 – Here's a brief but broad overview of some of the Crescent City's many extraordinary pianists. Jazz24

Buerbrae Glacier, Odde, Hardanger Fjord, Norway.

Read Songs Of The Fjords: Jazz From Norway

January 12, 2009 – Norwegians reinvented American avant-garde jazz in their own distinctly icy way.

Album cover of Putumayo's New Orleans Christmas.

Read Cajun Carols: New Orleans Christmas Jazz WESA

December 10, 2008 – Hear five Cajun carols prime for Papa Noel's pirogue pulled by alligators. WESA

A classic West Coast jazz quartet: saxophonist Paul Desmond, drummer Joe Dodge, pianist Dave Brubeck, bassist Bob Bates.

Read West Coast Cool: The Jazz Sound Of '50s California Jazz24

October 14, 2008 – In these five songs, you'll hear all the definitive aspects of the West Coast jazz sound. Jazz24

Autumn in Central Park.

Read Central Park Jazz: Autumn in New York WESA

November 8, 2007 – If you're daydreaming about New York while the leaves change, here's a soundtrack, courtesy of WDUQ. WESA

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