The members of Orquesta Akokán hail from both Cuba and the U.S., assembled by vocalist and composer José "Pepito" Gómez. They recorded their debut album live to tape in just three days. Adrien H. Tillmann/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Cleo Brown on the cover of Here Comes Cleo. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cleo Brown On Piano Jazz
Nicholas Payton On Piano Jazz
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Cecil Taylor performs at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 2002. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images hide caption
Cecil Taylor On Piano Jazz
Cecil Taylor performs at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 2002. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images hide caption
Ben LaMar Gay's Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun comes out May 4. Maren Celest/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Logan Richardson. Caterina di Perri/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gil Goldstein On Piano Jazz
Jazzmeia Horn Enters The Jazz-Vocal Pantheon
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Jazzmeia Horn Enters The Jazz-Vocal Pantheon
On Brad Mehldau's new album, he alternates keyboard works by J.S. Bach with his own jazz-inflected explorations. Michael Wilson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jason Moran, left, and Milford Graves, right, performing on the second day of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. Eli Johnson hide caption
