London's Ezra Collective helps lead the way for millennial jazz musicians. Dan Medhurst/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Theon Cross' Fyah is due out Feb. 14 on Gearbox. Andy Earl/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Strand of Oaks' newest folk track is one of 10 songs on this month's Heavy Rotation. Alysee Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
American jazz vocalist Betty Carter performs in New York for The Music Never Stops in 1992. Jack Vartoogian/DL Media, Inc. hide caption
Bassist Christian McBride (left) and Blues artist Joey DeFrancesco (right). Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Reunion Of Brotherly Love: Joey DeFrancesco Traces His Roots
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A Reunion Of Brotherly Love: Joey DeFrancesco Traces His Roots
Joseph Jarman, performing in 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Wayne Shorter, whose album Emanon was crowned the winner of the 2018 NPR Music Jazz Poll. Christian Weber/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Dee Alexander. Marc PoKempner/Marc PoKempner hide caption
Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove passed away at age 49. Courtesy of The Roy Hargrove Estate hide caption
'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2018
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'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2018
Mary Halvorson's volatile and cagey album Code Girl is her first set full of songs with lyrics, both a departure from and extension of her earlier work and one of Nate Chinen's favorite albums of 2018. Ross Mantle for NPR hide caption
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra perform new arrangements of holiday classics in New York City. Lawrence Sumulong/Jazz at Lincoln Center hide caption
The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Performs Big Band Holiday Classics
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Nancy Wilson, photographed while performing during the Thelonious Monk Jazz Tribute Concert For Herbie Hancock at on Oct. 28, 2007 in Los Angeles. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Grammy-winning singer Nancy Wilson performs in 2003 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York during a concert titled "Nancy Wilson With Strings: Celebrating Four Decades of Music." Stuart Ramson/AP hide caption
(L-R) Jane Bunnett, Danae Olano, James Francies, Booker T. Jones and Jason Moran at the Kennedy Center. Jati Lindsay/Kennedy Center hide caption
A Jazz Piano Christmas 2018
A photograph of jazz pianist James Reese Europe projected above the musicians performing Jason Moran's James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin. Camille Blake/courtesy of JazzFest Berlin hide caption
This episode of Jazz Night in America features tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd. Dorothy Darr/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
At 80, Saxophonist Charles Lloyd Finds Enlightenment in the Groove
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At 80, Saxophonist Charles Lloyd Finds Enlightenment in the Groove
Joey Alexander performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 6, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR). Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band, with the London Brexit Choir, performing at the Barbican Centre in 2017. Mark Allan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Musician Robert Glasper. Courtesy of Robert Glasper hide caption
Charles Mingus poses next to a poster for his six nights of performances at the Strata Concert Gallery in Detroit in 1973. A recording of one of those nights has just been released. Sue Mingus/Courtesy of BBE Music hide caption