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Gary Giddins: 101 Ways To Get Into 'Jazz'

Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux's Jazz is a new guide for both novice listeners and longtime fans. Herman Leonard hide caption

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Gary Giddins: 101 Ways To Get Into 'Jazz'

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November 17, 2009 • Attempting to make your way into jazz is never easy, but the jazz writer and cultural critic Gary Giddins has rendered it a bit more approachable. His new book, Jazz, is a new guide for novice listeners and longtime fans alike. Giddins picks five songs from his list of 101 entry-way jazz recordings.

David Baker helped make formal jazz education a growing part of the music's history and evolution. Courtesy of Indiana University hide caption

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A Blog Supreme

David Baker's 21st-Century Soul Music

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January 19, 2012 • Baker helped make formal jazz education a growing part of the music's history and evolution.