Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts

How The Music of Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' Turned a Nazi Slogan Into an Oscar Nod

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February 20, 2019 • Composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard reveals the creative process that led to BlacKkKlansman's "Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil)."

Christian Scott: Building Bridges Across Cultures

February 23, 2018 • We join Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah for a performance at the New Orleans Jazz Market drawn from The Centennial Trilogy — and explore his work as a bridge-builder, an ambassador and an avatar.

Jazz, Love and Letting Loose: Brooklyn's Surprising Senior Jazz Scene

December 10, 2018 • Jazz 966 is a senior center by day, but, on Friday nights, it transforms into a swinging jazz club catering to seniors who love to hear live music.

Crosscurrents: Converging Jazz And Indian Classical Music

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June 22, 2018 • Explore the influence of Indian music on the jazz and rock scenes of the '60s with tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, prolific bassist Dave Holland and their international ensemble, Crosscurrents.

Chick Corea: Back In Boston

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November 1, 2018 • The legendary pianist has lived many lives as a musician, from post-bop wunderkind to free-jazz maverick to fusion explorer to chamber-jazz eminence.

Mark de Clive-Lowe Takes Risks To Unlock His Creativity

October 10, 2018 • Pianist and electronic DJ Mark de Clive-Lowe turns his mistakes into art by sampling his bandmates live in the moment.

Wilco Guitarist Nels Cline Reclaims Mood Music In The City Of Brotherly Love

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September 13, 2018 • Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco.

Nashville: Not Just A Country Scene But A Place To Go For Jazz

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August 23, 2018 • Nashville has always nurtured a small but serious jazz culture. Meet up with some of its enterprising artists and get a crash course in Nashville's hidden jazz history.

More Than Keeping Time: A Melodic Drumming Demo

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August 17, 2018 • Drummers usually make sure beats don't speed up or slow down. But drummer Allison Miller does more than keep time. Watch a demonstration of her unique style of playing called melodic drumming.

The Bad Plus: The Band That Never Stops

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May 10, 2018 • For a group that has always stood for musical collectivism, the substitution of pianist Orrin Evans for Ethan Iverson was a shakeup of existential proportions.

Jazzmeia Horn Enters The Jazz-Vocal Pantheon

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March 30, 2018 • A singer of ironclad capability, creative drive and irrepressible panache, she has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz-vocal tradition.

Mike Reed: The World That I'm In

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February 2, 2018 • In 2009, drummer Mike Reed had a close encounter with a racist mob while on tour in Europe. He turned the experience into art with Flesh & Bone.

Home Cooking: The Philadelphia Jazz Organ Tradition In Concert

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January 2, 2018 • It was in Philly where Jimmy Smith first took a church instrument and made it swing. Years later, the city's jazz community gathers to salute its many soulful pioneers of the Hammond B-3 organ.

Talent And Tourism Keep Blues Alive In Clarksdale, Mississippi

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October 27, 2017 • Join Jazz Night in America on a visit to Clarksdale, Miss., where struggling musicians are reaping the benefits of blues tourism.

Abdullah Ibrahim: How Improvisation Saved My Life

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October 13, 2017 • The pianist and composer shares his insights on growing up in apartheid-era South Africa and what freedom means to him today.

Wadada Leo Smith's Defiant And Fearless Elegy For Emmett Till (In 360˚ VR)

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August 28, 2017 • Watch Wadada Leo Smith play a tribute to Emmett Till while floating down the same river where, over 60 years earlier, Till's lifeless 14-year-old body was found.

Musical Cannibalism With Cyro Baptista

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November 10, 2016 • The Brazilian percussionist lives by the philosophy of "cultural cannibalism" — eating, digesting and regurgitating culture and information to create experimental music.

'Harlem River Drive' Revisited With Eddie Palmieri

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December 9, 2016 • Palmieri's classic Latin funk album remains relevant 45 years later. This performance shows why.

John Scofield Performs 'Quiet And Loud Jazz'

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July 28, 2017 • Scofield's albums Loud Jazz and Quiet were both genuine expressions of his flexible musical personality. In this program, he performs a retrospective that bridges the difference.

Fascinating Algorithm: Dan Tepfer's Player Piano Is His Composing Partner

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July 24, 2017 • Tepfer sees jazz as the pursuit of freedom within a framework — a premise that underlies his work with improvisational algorithms and a Yamaha Disklavier. He unpacks the project in this video.

Still Dreaming: Joshua Redman's Tribute To A Tribute

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June 22, 2017 • The saxophonist opens up about the legacy of his father, Dewey Redman, and performs with Still Dreaming — his own nod to the quartet his dad once helped convene as an homage to Ornette Coleman.

Gary Burton: Retiring The Mallets

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June 9, 2017 • The vibraphonist announced his retirement at 74 with little warning. Still in possession of his quicksilver fluidity and deep intuition, he spoke with Jazz Night during his farewell tour.

Watch Sarathy Korwar Play A Nighttime Meditation On Tablas And Computer

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May 12, 2017 • The London-based percussionist and producer performs "Indefinite Leave To Remain," a song whose themes speak to the issue of cultural exchange in an era of high geopolitical tension.

Chilean Singer-Songwriter Camila Meza Sets A Brooklyn Loft Aglow

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June 3, 2019 • Rising singer, guitarist and composer Camila Meza reverberates songs from her latest record Ámbar off the walls of a light-filled Brooklyn loft.