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'Remembering Marian McPartland: A Celebration' On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

'Remembering Marian McPartland: A Celebration' On Piano Jazz

March 20, 2015 • Tony Bennett, Barbara Carroll, Bill Charlap, Chris Brubeck and more pay tribute to the grande dame of Piano Jazz.

Remembering Marian McPartland

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The 2014 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

December 19, 2014 • We had 140 jazz journalists weigh in on their favorite releases of the year. Here are their top overall picks, with top finishers in Latin jazz, vocal, debut and historical categories.

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Art As Conversation

October 8, 2014 • NPR's Melissa Block and music critic Tom Moon discuss the thrill of intimacy on three new albums by duos.

Art As Conversation: Three New Collaborative Albums

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Kenny Barron: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Kenny Barron: Live At The Village Vanguard

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August 27, 2008 • Barron has long been known as one of New York's most talented and tasteful keyboard players. He brings a quartet of young instrumentalists to the Greenwich Village outpost.

Kenny Barron Quartet in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 08/27/2008

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Kenny Barron And Dave Holland On JazzSet

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Kenny Barron And Dave Holland On JazzSet

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February 13, 2014 • JazzSet celebrates the 70th birthday of NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron with new duets featuring bassist Dave Holland at the Kennedy Center's Family Theater. Plus, hear a solo Barron set.

Kenny Barron And Dave Holland On JazzSet

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Kenny Barron Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Kenny Barron Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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June 5, 2013 • For jazz musicians, Barron is considered an institution. So it's fitting that the pianist gets to celebrate his 70th birthday at another jazz institution. Here, he demonstrates his ebullient clarity.

Kenny Barron Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Kenny Barron On Piano Jazz

August 23, 2013 • The pianist performs "Clouds" and pairs with host Marian McPartland for "How Deep Is The Ocean?" in 2003.

Listen: Kenny Barron On Piano Jazz

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January 7, 2010 • Join a sold-out crowd at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., to experience the piano artistry of a true jazz genius, Kenny Barron. The performance was recorded live on Oct. 2, 2009.

Kenny Barron 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

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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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Best Music Of 2008

Geniuses Collide In 2008's Best Jazz

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December 31, 2008 • Cross-pollination of excellent musicians made for some amazing jazz in 2008. The year's best CDs feature numerous musicians collaborating with each other on a wide variety of recordings. Hearing the best musicians work with other geniuses is a wonderful thing to witness. Here are 10 of the best jazz CDs of the year.

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Trio da Paz Brings the Brazilian Heat

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June 5, 2008 • Hand in glove, Kenny Barron weaves jazz piano into Brazilian samba with Trio da Paz: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, and Duduka da Fonseca. The four friends share the bandstand at Jazz Standard in New York.

Trio da Paz with Kenny Barron in Concert on Jazz Set 12/31/07

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Trio da Paz with Kenny Barron in Concert

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January 9, 2008 • Bebop meets the rhythms of modern Brazil when the sparkling touch of pianist Kenny Barron meets the daring interplay of Trio da Paz. Hear a midnight set, live from the Jazz Standard in New York City.

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Kenny Barron And Eliane Elias In Concert

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September 18, 2008 • With others and alone, pianist Kenny Barron has a relaxed style that belies his ability to stir up a holy storm at the keys. Most significantly, he spent four years with Dizzy Gillespie in the '60s, leading to work with Freddie Hubbard and Yusef Lateef before he co-founded Sphere. Hear a concert from JazzSet.

Kenny Barron and Eliane Elias in Concert on JazzSet 11/8/07

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Kenny Barron & Regina Carter: 'Freefall'

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June 28, 2001 • Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Freefall featuring pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter.

Kenny Barron & Regina Carter: 'Freefall'

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Holiday Music

A Jazz Piano Christmas

December 13, 2010 • Live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., it's NPR Music's annual celebration of seasonal music in swing time. A public radio holiday tradition returns with Kenny Barron, Renee Rosnes, Helio Alves and Freddy Cole.

A Jazz Piano Christmas 2010

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Basic Jazz Record Library

Stan Getz: 'People Time'

August 1, 2001 • Three months before his death, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz teamed with pianist Kenny Barron at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen to record a series of duets. The brilliant collaboration was recorded for the 1991 album, People Time.

Stan Getz: 'People Time'

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Take Five: By Instrument

Swing Strings: Five Jazz Violinists

April 27, 2010 • The violin was partly responsible for bringing non-Americans to jazz. In the very early days of the genre, it was a European, Stephane Grappelli, who really carved out a place in jazz for the violin in the post-WWII era. Hear five examples of the way the instrument has blended seamlessly into decades of jazz.

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Travel Tunes For Thanksgiving Journeys

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November 23, 2009 • The journey home for Thanksgiving can be challenging and frustrating, fraught with bus loads of college kids, crowded planes and slow-moving traffic. Fortunately, music eases frustration, so here are five jazz songs to lift your travel-weary spirits.

Gary Giddins: 101 Ways To Get Into 'Jazz'

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Gary Giddins: 101 Ways To Get Into 'Jazz'

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November 17, 2009 • Attempting to make your way into jazz is never easy, but the jazz writer and cultural critic Gary Giddins has rendered it a bit more approachable. His new book, Jazz, is a new guide for novice listeners and longtime fans alike. Giddins picks five songs from his list of 101 entry-way jazz recordings.

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Mulgrew Miller On JazzSet

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February 3, 2011 • As Artist-in-Residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival, Miller was booked solid. In these highlights, he first joins Kenny Barron for duo pianos on the main stage, then plays with his long-running group Wingspan on the Waterfront Stage.

Mulgrew Miller On JazzSet

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'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set II

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'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set II

January 7, 2011 • In part two of our concerts from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, guest host Jon Weber pays tribute to Marian McPartland in her tune "Ambiance." Kenny Barron is joined by his former student, Helen Sung, for a breezy duet on an untitled samba.

'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set II

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'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set I

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'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set I

December 30, 2010 • In this new session, host Marian McPartland and friends get together on the bandstand at one of the world's most elegant jazz venues as Piano Jazz bids 2010 goodbye and welcomes the New Year with musical family young and old.

'Generations In Jazz' Concert On Piano Jazz: Set I

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