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

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September 6, 2012 – Hear the first host of JazzSet bring his long-running quartet to the Napa Valley Opera House. WBGO

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September 5, 2012 – A colorful drummer who proudly deploys his goofy joy, Wilson leads a long-running band in concert. WBGO

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August 30, 2012 – A violin channels Africa and a trumpet speaks to kids: a 2011 Newport Jazz double bill.

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August 23, 2012 – After two decades as a TV sidekick on The Tonight Show, the guitarist doesn't have to edit himself. WBGO

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August 22, 2012 – A wise drummer and two curious collaborators cook comfort food from jazz standards. WBGO

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August 16, 2012 – Formell performs epic music and poetry, magical and real, about the Afro-Caribbean experience.

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August 9, 2012 – Hear an Afro-Peruvian jazz sextet and a piano trio back-to-back at the Litchfield Jazz Festival. WBGO

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August 8, 2012 – A piano trio sui generis meets one of its heroes, a guitarist down for anything. WGBH

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August 7, 2012 – The mannered, declamatory singer bellows in front of a band featuring pianist Laurence Hobgood. WGBH

August 5, 2012 – Top students from the school's international program perform with the sparkling drummer Adam Cruz.

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August 5, 2012 – The saxophonist teams up with pianist Laurent Coq to write music based on a Julio Cortázar novel. WGBH

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August 5, 2012 – What if the late composer-arranger Gil Evans left behind unrecorded masterpieces? Here's the answer.

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August 5, 2012 – Yuval, Anat and Avishai Cohen are top-tier jazz musicians. They're also siblings in a family band.

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August 5, 2012 – The flexible, long-time collaborators perform alone together on stage, thinking on their feet. WBGO

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