Patrick Shiroishi, 'To Kill A Wind-Up Bird' Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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George Wein, backstage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May 2012. Rick Diamond/Getty Images hide caption
Phil Schaap attends the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 4, 2013 in New York. Brad Barket/Getty Images hide caption
Charlie Watts onstage with Tim Ries' jazz tribute act, The Rolling Stones Project, at a London venue in 2013. Richard Kerris hide caption
Top left, clockwise: PinkPantheress, Lucas Debargue, Lee Morgan, James Blake, Injury Reserve, Foxing. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Lara Downes talks with Ledisi. NPR hide caption
John Coltrane, photographed performing at The Penthouse during a run of performances in Seattle, Wash. in 1965. A recording of one, long lost, is now being released as A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle. Chuck Stewart/Courtesy Universal Music Group hide caption
John Coltrane's Masterpiece Breathes New Life With 'A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle'
A still from Irreversible Entanglements' "Open The Gates" video. YouTube hide caption
Trumpeter Charlie Porter and bassist John Lakey perform in May 2021. Aaron Hayman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Portland's Montavilla Jazz Brings Music To Your Front Door
WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center
Portland's Montavilla Jazz Brings Music To Your Front Door
Femi (right) and Made Kuti (left) Optimus Dammy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Femi & Made Kuti on World Cafe
Matthew Whitaker, Gabrielle Cassava and Pedrito Martinez perform at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival. Richard Conde/Mitra I. Arthur/NPR hide caption
On The Road Again: Musicians Return To The Stage At Exit Zero
WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center
On The Road Again: Musicians Return To The Stage At Exit Zero
Emma-Jean Thackray, Yellow Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Questlove, here at the Grammys in January 2020, says the pandemic has changed him. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for the Recording Academy hide caption
For Questlove, The Pandemic Meant Embracing Quiet — And Buying A Farm
Drummer and educator Billy Hart, one of the NEA's 2022 Jazz Masters. Desmond White/Courtesy of the NEA hide caption
Alice Coltrane, widow of jazz great John Coltrane, playing the piano in her California home, in front of a portrait of her late husband. Despite having practiced music since a very early age, Alice Coltrane's work only somewhat recently began to be recognized. J.Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Brandee Younger Erin Patrice O'Brien/Courtesy of the artist hide caption