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April 9, 2013 – Drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez and pianist Randy Weston donated items to the Smithsonian.

April 6, 2013 – For Norwegian musicians, it literally pays to dream big — and to write lots of grant applications.

March 22, 2013 – The pianist, who enjoyed international fame late in life, was a prime mover of 20th Century Havana.

March 15, 2013 – The charismatic musician has backed Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King and toured with The Beach Boys.

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March 9, 2013 – A new biography shines a light on the too-brief life of the man known as "The Architect of Bop."

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February 11, 2013 – Byrd helped to develop hard bop jazz, and his funkier recordings shaped black pop music for years.

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February 7, 2013 – The legacy of the late hip-hop producer extended far beyond the beats he painstakingly created.

January 30, 2013 – With a wide variety of musicians, he pioneered a system of spontaneous arranging called Conduction.

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January 29, 2013 – Over 25 years, he pioneered a new system of ensemble improvisation he called conduction.

January 8, 2013 – Starting around the 1960s, college campuses became an unavoidable part of today's jazz world.

November 29, 2012 – The death of 22-year-old pianist prematurely ended a rapidly expanding career.

November 20, 2012 – Born Peter Sims, the percussionist was a first-call player in New York's '50s and '60s heyday.

November 16, 2012 – Top ten deaths to listen to before you jazz, Blue Note's branding and Marian on Mary Lou.

November 9, 2012 – RIP Ted Curson, a new jazz singer and the Jazz Composers Collective's modern history.

October 26, 2012 – The making of ELEW, another "jazz is dead" hit, and Chicago music history both recent and aged.