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Chris Lightcap performs at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

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March 21, 2013 – The rhythm of the city drives a suite by Lightcap and Bigmouth, performing in Santa Cruz, Calif.

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Sangam performs at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. From left to right: Eric Harland, Zakir Hussain and Charles Lloyd.

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March 14, 2013 – Lloyd, Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland created a confluence of East and West sounds at Newport. WBGO

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Gregory Porter (center) performs with saxophonist Yohsuke Satoh at the annual Strings of Autumn International Music Festival in Prague.

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March 7, 2013 – When Porter performed at a Prague music festival, applause between songs ran for a minute or longer. WBGO

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Christie Dashiell performs as part of the Kennedy Center's Discover Series.

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February 28, 2013 – A former Sing-Off contestant and a Cuban pianist bring something new to the Kennedy Center. WBGO

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Alexis Cuadrado sets surrealist Spanish poems to music in a concert at 92Y Tribeca.

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February 21, 2013 – Cuadrado sets surrealist Spanish poems to music in a concert at 92Y Tribeca. WBGO

Bill Frisell plays John Lennon songs on the Fort Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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February 14, 2013 – Hear the guitarist in three Newport settings, from a John Lennon tribute to a set by The Bad Plus. WBGO

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Jason Moran (left), Alicia Hall Moran (center), The Bandwagon and Bill Frisell (right) perform at the KC Jazz Club.

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February 7, 2013 – The composer and pianist ushers in his era as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center. WBGO

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Lionel Loueke.

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January 31, 2013 – At the Kennedy Center, the music grows, as the band revels in itself and then slims back down. WBGO

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Ryan Truesdell conducts the Gil Evans Centennial Project at Newport.

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January 24, 2013 – Hear music from the Grammy-nominated album, in performance at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. WBGO

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Gunther Schuller conducts the Mingus Orchestra at St. Bartholomew's Church.

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January 17, 2013 – Dig the deep, dark, blues-drenched, jubilant Mingus groove from St. Bart's Church in New York City. WBGO

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Geof Bradfield's suite traces Melba Liston's (pictured) life story through her work with Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston.

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January 10, 2013 – Bradfield's suite traces Melba Liston's life story through her work with Gillespie and Weston.

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Dr. Lonnie Smith.

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January 3, 2013 – The Hammond B3 organ master leads his trio through a soulful set at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club.

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Jon Faddis.

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December 27, 2012 – The big band plays "Jingle Bells" and more on New Year's Eve at the Kennedy Center. WBGO

Dave Brubeck at Newport.

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December 20, 2012 – JazzSet remembers the legendary pianist with a set from the 2009 Newport Jazz Festival. WBGO

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The clock strikes midnight with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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December 13, 2012 – The trumpeter leads a rousing set before a boisterous, sold-out house at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. WBGO

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