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Milt Hinton On Piano Jazz

Milt Hinton performs on stage at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland on July 11, 1991. Paul Bergen/Redferns hide caption

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Milt Hinton On Piano Jazz

The legendary bass player, often credited with bridging the gap from swing to modern jazz, joins host Marian McPartland for "How High the Moon" in this 1991 episode.

Milt Hinton On Piano Jazz

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Friday

Behind 'A Great Day In Harlem': Jean Bach On Piano Jazz

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Studio Sessions

Behind 'A Great Day In Harlem': Jean Bach On Piano Jazz

Nominated for a 1995 Academy Award, Jean Bach's A Great Day in Harlem documented the gathering of 57 jazz greats on a Harlem front stoop for an Esquire magazine shoot in 1959. Bach remembers the legacy of this iconic image, including those who have appeared on Piano Jazz.

Behind 'A Great Day In Harlem': Jean Bach On Piano Jazz

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Monday

The Bottom Line: Bass On Top

Thanks to fellow bassist Milt Hinton's prodding, Oscar Pettiford moved to New York and became one of bebop's most innovative musicians. Courtesy of Bethlehem Archives hide caption

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

The Bottom Line: Bass On Top

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Notes from an unamplified double bass rank among the most beautiful man-made sounds; in jazz, the creator of those notes is always in the middle of the action, charting the harmonic direction of a band and plotting the rhythmic narrative as both an accompanist and a soloist. It's no small task, but here are five musicians who performed the duty with aplomb.

Wednesday

NPR's 'Jazz Profiles'

Milt Hinton: The Ultimate Timekeeper

Bassist Milt Hinton, known as the "Judge," was considered to be the ultimate timekeeper. With his buoyant tempos and fat, booming sound, Hinton provided the rhythmic foundation for many jazz greats.

Milt Hinton: The Ultimate Timekeeper

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Sunday

Music Interviews

'Playing the Changes' Chronicles Jazz Great Hinton

Host Liane Hansen talks to author David Berger about the photography of the late jazz bassist Milt Hinton. Berger has co-authored the book Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs.

'Playing the Changes' Chronicles Jazz Great Hinton

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Sunday

Music Interviews

'Keeping Time': The Photos and Jazz of Milt Hinton

Musician Milt Hinton snapped more than 60,000 photos in his life, providing an insider's view of jazz and 20th-century America. His work is the subject of a new documentary called Keeping Time.

'Keeping Time': The Photos and Jazz of Milt Hinton

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