Doug Carn, left, with his wife, Jean Carn, in a detail from the cover of their album Spirit of the New Land, released on Black Jazz Records in 1972. Courtesy of Real Gone Records hide caption
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Bobby McFerrin, Dorthaan Kirk, Roscoe Mitchell and Reggie Workman. Carol Friedman, David Tallacksen, Richard Kohler, Ken Weiss /NEA hide caption
Meet the NEA Jazz Masters, Class of 2020
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Meet the NEA Jazz Masters, Class of 2020
Stanley Crouch, photographed during The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music's Beacon Awards Gala on Feb. 27, 2006 in New York. Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Image hide caption
Nubya Garcia plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma /Sound Evidence hide caption
Jazz bassist Gary Peacock. Eliott Peacock/Courtesy of the Peacock Family hide caption
Anat Cohen and Marcello Gonçalves play a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
2020 NEA Jazz Masters Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Steve Grossman, photographed while performing on July 1, 1991 in Nice, France. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption
Norah Jones plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Every now and again, a young jazz musician turns up out of nowhere to take the whole scene by surprise, and then by storm. That's exactly what we're seeing right now from Micah Thomas. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Helen Jones Woods. Kathleen Fallon/Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution hide caption
Helen Jones Woods, seen here during her time in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Kathleen Fallon/Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution hide caption
Top row, left to right: Madeline Kenney, Christian Sands, Gabriel Garzon Montano; Bottom row, left to right: Taylor Swift, Maria Schneider, Nubya Garcia Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Makaya McCraven has a unique style where he makes improvised live recordings, then builds on them in the studio. His new album, which uses this method, is called Universal Beings E&F Sides. David Marques/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Drummer Makaya McCraven, The 'Beat Scientist,' Talks About His New Album
Maria Schneider. Briene Lermitte/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Annie Ross, photographed on March 1, 1956 backstage at St. Martins Theatre in West London. Mirrorpix/Getty Images hide caption
Asher Gamedze was first heard on Angel Bat Dawid's 15-minute "Capetown" from 2019. Dialectic Soul is his debut album as a bandleader. Elijah Ndoumbe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The trumpeter Eddie Gale, who worked with the likes of Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor, passed away on July 10 at the age of 78. Getty Images hide caption