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Missing The Cut: More Important '00s Music

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See some of our favorite albums that didn't make the final 50 most important recordings list. ()  

 

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Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy: Tiny Desk Concert

Jul. 20, 2009

Or, the day a trumpet, trombone, French horn and tuba played us a soulful Rufus Wainwright cover. ()  

 
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The jazzy, soulful singer-songwriter talks about her new album, and her future in jazz and beyond. ()  

 
 

A Blog Supreme

Bill Frisell. Credit: Jimmy Katz

On Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz and how to play a set without talking or prior planning.

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George Shearing shares a laugh with his fiancé Ellie Geffert in 1976.

George Shearing On Piano Jazz

Nov. 20, 2009

Host Marian McPartland reminisces with her fellow countryman about obscure British tunes. ()  

 
 

From the Archives

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Years ago, a record-store clerk gave Tom Cole a vital tutorial, in the form of these five albums.

 
Turtle Island Quartet; credit: Peter Serling

Hear the genre-bending Turtle Island Quartet re-imagine John Coltrane's classic work for strings.

 

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All Their Loving: Jazz Covers The Beatles

As the landscape of popular music changed, jazz players found themselves interpreting the Fab Four.

 

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