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From The Critic's Desk: A Preview Of 2017 In Jazz

Miguel Zenón's Típico is on Nate Chinen's list of albums to look forward to in 2017. Jimmy Katz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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From The Critic's Desk: A Preview Of 2017 In Jazz

Jazz critic Nate Chinen and Jazz Night In America's Christian McBride discuss a few of this year's hotly anticipated albums, including new work by Miguel Zenón and Kevin Eubanks.

From The Critic's Desk: A Preview Of 2017 In Jazz

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Kevin Eubanks On JazzSet

Note the message on Kevin Eubanks' cap: "Meet You at the Blue Room." It's a nice club in Kansas City, in the historic district where Count Basie, Lester Young and Mary Lou Williams used to play. Len Katz Photography hide caption

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

Kevin Eubanks On JazzSet

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At the annual Detroit Jazz Festival on Labor Day 2011, an amphitheater full of Motor City music lovers grooves with the Kevin Eubanks Band — outdoors, free, and in Surround Sound on JazzSet.

Kevin Eubanks On Life After Leno

Kevin Eubanks spent 15 years as the leader of The Tonight Show Band. Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption

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Kevin Eubanks On Life After Leno

A jazz guitarist and former Tonight Show bandleader, Eubanks talks with host Michel Martin about his hometown of Philadelphia, getting to play past the commercial break, the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien debacle at NBC and how it affected him personally.

Kevin Eubanks On Life After Leno

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Kevin Eubanks Reflects On 15 Years Leading Leno

Kevin Eubanks has ended his 15-year run as band leader of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Eubanks pulls back the curtain on a day in the life of the musical director of a late night talk show, and explains his role as sidekick to host Jay Leno.

Kevin Eubanks Reflects On 15 Years Leading Leno

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