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Looking Back To Move Forward: Celebrating Jazz Artists We Lost in 2016

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Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program

Looking Back To Move Forward: Celebrating Jazz Artists We Lost in 2016

WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center

December 28, 2016 • Jazz lost great players in 2016, including Paul Bley, Gato Barbieri and three musicians we're profiling — vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, harmonica player Toots Thielemans and bassist Victor Bailey.

Looking Back To Move Forward: Celebrating Jazz Artists We Lost in 2016

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As 2016 Winds Down, Remembering The Jazz Giants We Lost

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As 2016 Winds Down, Remembering The Jazz Giants We Lost

December 2, 2016 • Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride honors Bobby Hutcherson, Toots Thielemens and Victor Bailey, three prominent jazz musicians who passed away this year.

As 2016 Winds Down, Remembering The Jazz Giants We Lost

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Bobby Hutcherson: What Are You Listening To?

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Bobby Hutcherson: What Are You Listening To?

November 4, 2010 • The vibraphonist, composer and NEA Jazz Master says that Sarah Vaughan's incredible range, precision and flexibility are very enjoyable to hear.

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Bobby Hutcherson's Good Vibes For Fiery Times

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Bobby Hutcherson's Good Vibes For Fiery Times

June 21, 2014 • "You could stop on a street corner and hear Malcolm X," the vibraphonist says of 1960s New York, where he made his controversial debut as a bandleader. His new Blue Note album is Enjoy The View.

Bobby Hutcherson's Good Vibes For Fiery Times

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A Half-Century Of Collaboration In Duet

May 28, 2014 • They first recorded together in 1966, around the time both were signed to Blue Note Records. The pianist and vibraphone player have been working together ever since. Watch a duet performance.

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

SFJAZZ Center Opening Night On JazzSet

WBGO

May 2, 2013 • On opening night at San Francisco's newly constructed building designed for and dedicated to jazz, fans filled the stunning Robert N. Miner Auditorium for a maiden voyage and festive concert.

SFJAZZ Center Opening Night On JazzSet

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The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert

The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters. Clockwise, from upper left: Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Yusef Lateef, George Avakian, Bobby Hutcherson, Annie Ross, Muhal Richard Abrams, Bill Holman (center). clockwise from upper left: Gene Martin, Carol Friedman, Michael DiDonna, Ian P. Clifford, Francis Wolff/Mosaic Images, Barbara Bordnick, Alan Nahigian, William Claxton hide caption

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The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert

WBGO

January 12, 2010 • Seven great musicians and one record producer were recognized with the country's highest honor for jazz artistry — and then took the stage to perform. Hear a recording of the live broadcast, which took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

Listen Now: The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Show

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Meeting Vibraphone Jazz 'Head On'

Fresh Air

September 9, 2008 • Fresh Air's jazz critic takes a fresh look at the reissue of the album Head On (Blue Note/EMI), a 1971 session led and recorded by Bobby Hutcherson.

Meeting Vibraphone Jazz 'Head On'

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Basic Jazz Record Library

Eric Dolphy: 'Out to Lunch'

August 1, 2001 • Avant-garde and sometimes controversial, Eric Dolphy was a master of several instruments. He was one of the first musicians to record unaccompanied horn solos, and largely introduced the bass clarinet as a solo instrument. On this 1964 album, Dolphy displays his talents on flute, alto saxophone, and bass clarinet.

Eric Dolphy: 'Out to Lunch'

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Feeling The Vibes: The Short History Of A Long Instrument

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Feeling The Vibes: The Short History Of A Long Instrument

Jazz24

November 17, 2008 • Jazz is the only genre of music that uses the vibes as a lead or improvisational instrument. It's been a process in helping to save this beautiful-sounding and versatile instrument from extinction. Leading off with Lionel Hampton, here are five examples of that beauty and versatility.

Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

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A Blog Supreme

Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

February 1, 2011 • Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records.