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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

Jazz at Lincoln Center

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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John Abercrombie, Wry And Exploratory Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72

John Abercrombie, a touchstone in jazz-rock guitar whose first album was released in 1974, died Aug. 22, 2017. John Rogers/Courtesy of ECM Records hide caption

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John Abercrombie, Wry And Exploratory Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72

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Abercrombie began forming his style in Boston while attending Berklee in the mid-'60s, eventually helping to redefine the lines between jazz, fusion and rock.

John Abercrombie, Wry And Exploratory Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72

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Jazz Guitar Giant John Abercrombie in-Studio

With a career that spans over four decades and 50 recordings, John Abercrombie is an established master of the jazz guitar. He says his new CD, The Third Quartet has the sound of 20th century classical music.

Jazz Guitar Giant John Abercrombie in-Studio

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