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International Jazz Day's Global Celebrations Are On, And Again Online

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International Jazz Day's Global Celebrations Are On, And Again Online

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April 30 will bring the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert, with artists from across the world taking part in another digital edition of the show, in addition to several other events.

Toast Of The Nation 2019

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Toast Of The Nation 2019

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Celebrate the New Year from Blue Note venues around the world, with performances by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Ron Carter, Buika and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau

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Doris Duke Artist Awards Return, Breaking A Pledge To End After 5 Years

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Doris Duke Artist Awards Return, Breaking A Pledge To End After 5 Years

The awards, which go to artists who have had significant impact in their field and who are likely to continue doing so, come with a substantial sum of money attached.

Dee Dee Bridgewater On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Dee Dee Bridgewater On Piano Jazz

The versatile, knowledgeable vocalist joins Marian McPartland for a set of Duke Ellington and Gershwin tunes.

Dee Dee Bridgewater On Piano Jazz

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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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In words as well as music, hear how seriously Bridgewater takes her role as a music mentor and how it connects to her own experience in the jazz lineage.

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

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Dee Dee Bridgewater's Joyous Gift To New Orleans

Dee Dee Bridgewater's new album, Dee Dee's Feathers, mines the rich history of New Orleans music. Greg Miles/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Dee Dee Bridgewater's Joyous Gift To New Orleans

"We wanted to be a part of the healing process of the city and of the people," Bridgewater says. Her new album, Dee Dee's Feathers, mines the rich history of New Orleans music.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's Joyous Gift To New Orleans

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Dee Dee Bridgewater On Song Travels

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Song Travels

Dee Dee Bridgewater On Song Travels

In honor of Billie Holiday's centennial, Bridgewater performs some of Holiday's signature songs and discusses the experience of portraying Holiday onstage.

Dee Dee Bridgewater In The Studio

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JazzSet Signs Off

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

JazzSet Signs Off

From outdoor festivals to concert halls in major cities, JazzSet was there. Hear an intimate, bittersweet farewell, with highlights that span the NPR jazz program's 23-year run.

The JazzSet Finale

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They Drive At 55: The Monterey Jazz Anniversary Tour

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

They Drive At 55: The Monterey Jazz Anniversary Tour

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An all-star sextet is crossing the country, advancing the festival's mission: to create and support jazz education and performance programs. JazzSet has highlights from the Kennedy Center.

They Drive At 55: The Monterey Jazz Anniversary Tour

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Dee Dee Bridgewater On JazzSet

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater On JazzSet

Held each summer in the lovely hillside country of Westchester County, the Caramoor Jazz Festival is in a rolling woods, 40 miles northeast of New York City. Hear Dee Dee Bridgewater lead her quintet.

Dee Dee Bridgewater On JazzSet

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A Tribute To Abbey Lincoln On JazzSet

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

A Tribute To Abbey Lincoln On JazzSet

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Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson sing from the Abbey Lincoln songbook.

A Tribute To Abbey Lincoln On JazzSet

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Opera Star Jessye Norman Picks Her Favorite Jazz Singers

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Opera Star Jessye Norman Picks Her Favorite Jazz Singers

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As a fledgling classical soprano in New York, Norman went to hear singers like Mabel Mercer perform. She tells WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton that her study of jazz vocalists influenced the way she interprets songs — including operatic arias.

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The Year's Best World Music

Banning Eyre, senior editor of Afropop.org, shines the spotlight on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean with his picks for the year's best albums. Among his selections: Watina, an effort by singer Andy Palacio to preserve the culture of the Garifuna people of Central America.

The Year's Best World Music

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Concerts

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Red Earth' in Concert

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When Dee Dee Bridgewater stepped on Malian soil, it was red, just like the ground in Memphis, her birthplace. People were friendly, even familial, and in a tiny Bamako cabaret, Bridgewater jumped onstage and started to sing. She brings that joy to the Kennedy Center in her Grammy-nominated Red Earth: A Malian Journey.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Red Earth' in Concert

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Music Interviews

Dee Dee Bridgewater Discovers Her 'Red Earth'

When Bridgewater came up empty after tracing her family tree back more than 100 years, she turned to West African music. After a trip to Mali in 2004, she discovered its complex musical heritage. Hear an interview about the inspiration behind her new album, Red Earth.

Dee Dee Bridgewater Discovers Her 'Red Earth'

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