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Yasser Tejeda performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Angel Bat Dawid is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist rooted in Chicago's jazz scene. Mara Arteaga/Rhizomes Films hide caption
Play It Forward: Angel Bat Dawid Knows How To Deliver Emotion Through Song
Omar Sosa's new album is An East African Journey. Massimo Mantovani/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Omar Sosa Takes A Journey To East Africa
Jazz Night in America NPR hide caption
Marley Munroe is jazz vocalist Lady Blackbird. Christine Solomon hide caption
Myra Melford at Jazz at Lincoln Center © Frank Stewart/JALC hide caption
Myra Melford's Myriad Sounds
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Myra Melford's Myriad Sounds
Paul Jackson performs with the Headhunters at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1998. Peter Van Breukelen/Getty Images hide caption
Karriem Riggins is a jazz drummer and hip-hop producer. Darren Clark/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chick Corea, holding a freshly won Grammy in the award ceremony's press room in LA on Feb. 8, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Leni and Mike Stern: Alone Together Duets
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn Youtube hide caption
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn: Alone Together Duets
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Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day, in a still from The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. Takashi Seida/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Corporation hide caption
Andra Day On Portraying BilIie Holiday And The Enduring Strength Of 'Strange Fruit'
Helen Sung Ayano Hisa/Jazz at Lincoln Center hide caption
Pianist Helen Sung: From Classical Outsider To The Jazz Inner Circle
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Pianist Helen Sung: From Classical Outsider To The Jazz Inner Circle
Ralph Peterson Jr., performing in 2012 at Symphony Space in New York. Dave Kaufman hide caption
From left: Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer and Linda May Han Oh. The trio, Iyer's newest, collaborated on the album Uneasy. Craig Marsden/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chick Corea, seen here performing in Turin, Italy, in 2018, died Feb. 9. Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images for OGR hide caption
A Fine Romance: Jazz & Valentine's Day
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A Fine Romance: Jazz & Valentine's Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs onstage with the Lucky Millinder Orchestra, circa 1938. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
The Black Roots of Rock and Roll: Part 1
Tiny Desk concert with Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Julia Reihs/NPR hide caption
Melanie Charles NPR hide caption
Immanuel Wilkins NPR hide caption