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'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2017

This year, we bade farewell to avant-garde pioneer Muhal Richard Abrams. Michael Hoefner/Wikipedia hide caption

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Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program

'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2017

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Friends of our program honor a handful of departed artists, celebrating their lives in an episode filled with insight, humor and plenty of music.

'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2017

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Muhal Richard Abrams, A Sweepingly Influential Jazz Artist, Has Died At Age 87

The late pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams, performing at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York in 2004. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images hide caption

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Muhal Richard Abrams, A Sweepingly Influential Jazz Artist, Has Died At Age 87

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The brilliant, mostly self-taught pianist and composer created new pathways for musicians, both aesthetically and with his benchmark Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

Muhal Richard Abrams, A Sweepingly Influential Jazz Artist, Has Died At Age 87

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