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Claudia Acuna: Newport Jazz Festival 2009

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Newport Jazz Festival

Claudia Acuna: Newport Jazz Festival 2009

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She grew up in Chile enamored with jazz, but not knowing what it was called. Now that she's a jazz singer in New York, she's embraced her native traditions more than ever.

Claudia Acuna: Newport Jazz Festival 2009

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Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape': Live In Concert

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The Checkout: Live

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape': Live In Concert

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He was born and raised in Spain, and came to New York to study — much like a Spanish poet who came before him. The jazz bassist sets the volume Poeta en Nueva York to music in this live broadcast.

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' In Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Claudia Acuna: Jazz 'At This Moment'

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Nearly every jazz musician today comes from an institutional program, but Claudia Acuna took an alternate route that started in her native Chile. In a session from WBGO, the jazz vocalist performs the music of a Chilean freedom singer and Cole Porter.

Claudia Acuna in Studio on WBGO 3/19/09

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Latina Jazz: Spanish-Speaking Vocalists

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Latina Jazz: Spanish-Speaking Vocalists

Much of today's best Latin jazz embraces old traditions to create something new. NPR Producer Felix Contreras spotlights five female singers whose sounds borrow equally from Latin music and jazz.

Latina Jazz: Spanish-Speaking Vocalists

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Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis On JazzSet

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Concerts

Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis On JazzSet

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Once upon a time, an NPR Music series called JazzSet With Branford Marsalis visited clubs, concerts and festivals across the country and around the world. Today, our founding host runs his own record label, and JazzSet visits the Marsalis Music Stage at Newport, where Chilean-born Claudia Acuna sets political folk songs to the sounds of jazz.

Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis On JazzSet

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