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Rickie Lee Jones Astor Morgan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that propulsive swing feel. Bernd Thissen/picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
Jason Moran performs at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival. Courtesy of Newport Jazz Festival hide caption
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Jason Moran's new album pays tribute to Black jazz pioneer James Reese Europe
WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source
Jason Moran's new album pays tribute to Black jazz pioneer James Reese Europe
Ranky Tanky with Lisa Fischer Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Celebrate New Year's with Toast of the Nation
French-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf performs during the Nice Jazz Festival in southeastern France in July 2019. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf steps out of his comfort zone with 'Capacity to Love'
Amos Lee Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Amos Lee on World Cafe
Guitarist Jeff Parker, whose free-form album Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy was among the best jazz releases of the year, according to our critics. Mikel Patrick Avery/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Charles Mingus, photographed at a party in New York on Aug. 4, 1976. For poet and critic Harmony Holiday, the complexities that underpin legacies like Mingus' were a constant puzzle this year. Lynn Karlin/Penske Media via Getty Images hide caption
Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O Chris Pizzolo/Courtesy of Artist hide caption
Yule dig? Celebrate the holidays with drummer Matt Wilson's festive Christmas Tree-O
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Yule dig? Celebrate the holidays with drummer Matt Wilson's festive Christmas Tree-O
Composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and MacArthur "genius" Tyshawn Sorey, whose work this year was central for critic Larry Blumenfeld. John Rogers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Julius Rodriguez, whose album Let Sound Tell All was a through line this year for journalist and author Marcus J. Moore. Erik Barden/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Immanuel Wilkins in a performance for Jazz Night in America at PhilaMOCA in January 2022. NPR hide caption
A return to venues, guided by 'The 7th Hand'
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Eliane Elias performs a Tiny Desk concert. Credit: Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Pianist and composer Hiromi performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.. Jati Lindsay/Courtesy of the Kennedy Center hide caption
A Jazz Piano Christmas 2022, live from the Kennedy Center
Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption