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October 4, 2012 – Glad Rag Doll is a set of songs about love and independence that looks back to the 1920s.

September 28, 2012 – Monk Competition madness, Don Byron interviewed, professor Sam and hints of a Clark Terry film.

September 24, 2012 – The New Orleans-based musician, 24, made clear, precise statements with a lay audience in mind.

September 22, 2012 – Five former entrants of jazz's most prestigious contest reflect on what it meant to them.

September 21, 2012 – Cal Tjader saluted, Pepper Adams reinterpreted and a band parades through the Lower East Side.

September 20, 2012 – A panel of musicians assembled by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation had lots of ideas.

September 14, 2012 – Adele's pianist, women in the avant-garde, Indiana jazz history and the 50 greatest saxophonists.

September 14, 2012 – The new Spotify app from Blue Note makes sense of the data jumble in which fans lose themselves.

September 7, 2012 – An Ornette Coleman documentary restored, plus the freewheeling Tim Berne and Herbie's Mwandishi.

September 5, 2012 – Years later, the writer of the iconic Billie Holiday song was tied to another event in U.S. history.

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August 31, 2012 – Drummer Jimmy Cobb questioned, a poetic Jazz Passenger and goodbye to bassist Charles Flores.

August 29, 2012 – A big profile of trumpeter Marcus Belgrave emphasizes how he nurtured Detroit's jazz stars.

August 28, 2012 – A debate on the nature of music contests, and a vision of a future beyond them.

August 24, 2012 – The Thelonious Monk Competition, disco jazz and a legendarily wild record label, assessed.

August 17, 2012 – Diana Krall's new album cover, more on the late Von Freeman and Coltrane on Coltrane action.