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Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79

Chick Corea, seen here performing in Turin, Italy, in 2018, died Feb. 9. Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images for OGR hide caption

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Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79

The wide-ranging keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9 of cancer. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own interpretations of Mozart.

Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79

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A Fine Romance: Jazz & Valentine's Day
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Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program

A Fine Romance: Jazz & Valentine's Day

WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center

Celebrate Valentine's Day with classic songs of love from a 2018 Jazz at Lincoln Center concert, featuring vocalists Brianna Thomas, Vuyo Sotashe and an all-star big band.

A Fine Romance: Jazz & Valentine's Day

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The Black Roots Of Rock And Roll: Part 1

Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs onstage with the Lucky Millinder Orchestra, circa 1938. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

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World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN

The Black Roots Of Rock And Roll: Part 1

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Join us as we explore how black artists invented and influenced rock music – where it started, and where it's going.

The Black Roots of Rock and Roll: Part 1

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Defying Cultural Expectations: Dafnis Prieto And Carlos Rafael Rivera

Dafnis Prieto and Carlos Rafael Rivera show Alt.Latino how they carved out paths for themselves in music that has surprised the world. Renee Klahr/NPR Illustration hide caption

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Alt.Latino

Defying Cultural Expectations: Dafnis Prieto And Carlos Rafael Rivera

The Cuban drummer and Guatemalan film composer offer deeper understandings of the creative process and how cultural influences shape their creative output.

Defying Cultural Expectations: Dafnis Prieto And Carlos Rafael Rivera

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We Need To Be Able To Feel

Maria Schneider (center) whose album Data Lords was one of 2020's most acclaimed jazz albums, performs with her orchestra at the New York City club Jazz Standard, where the group had an 16-year annual Thanksgiving week performance that was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Gulnara Khamatova/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Best Music Of 2020

We Need To Be Able To Feel

The cost of 2020 — in lives, livelihoods, legacies and communities — is high and still being tallied. For jazz critic Nate Chinen, all that loss demands change to old ideas of critical objectivity.

The 2020 Jazz Critics Poll: It's After The End Of The World

Pedal steel player Susan Alcorn, whose album with her quintet, Pedernal, was the pick for the best album of the year by Francis Davis, who runs the annual NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. David Lobato/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Best Music Of 2020

The 2020 Jazz Critics Poll: It's After The End Of The World

2020 was an annus horribilis if there ever was one, writes Francis Davis, the founder of NPR Music's Jazz Critics poll, and much of the year's best jazz carried post-apocalyptic feelings within it.

The Evolution Of Jon Batiste, Music Consultant Of Pixar's 'Soul'

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Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts

The Evolution Of Jon Batiste, Music Consultant Of Pixar's 'Soul'

WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center

Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Evolution Of Jon Batiste, Music Consultant Of Pixar's 'Soul'

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Celebrate New Year's Eve With The Jazz Gallery All-Stars, KOKOROKO

The Jazz Gallery All-Stars perform live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.. Jati Lindsay hide caption

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Toast Of The Nation

Celebrate New Year's Eve With The Jazz Gallery All-Stars, KOKOROKO

WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center

Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 with live music from some of the best jazz groups performing today, featuring the Catherine Russell Trio, Pink Martini, KOKOROKO and The Jazz Gallery All-Stars.

The Catherine Russell Trio

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