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.

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.

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.

'Jazz Is The Mother Of Hip-Hop': How Sampling Connects Genres

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April 19, 2017 • Watch pianist Robert Glasper demonstrate how three samples from jazz tracks by Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock served as source material for famed hip-hop producers J Dilla and Pete Rock.

A Jazz Fact Check Of 'La La Land'

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February 23, 2017 • There are many takes about what La La Land gets right or wrong about jazz. This episode explores how the tension between illusion and disillusion plays out among real musicians in Los Angeles.

In 'Real Enemies,' Darcy James Argue Confronts A Post-Truth World

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February 23, 2017 • The Secret Society bandleader says his latest composition explores "the present-day folklore that we call conspiracy theories" — no tinfoil hat required.

Video: Housing Costs Push Musicians Out Of New Orleans

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February 2, 2017 • Jazz vocalist John Boutté feels he can no longer afford to live in his hometown of New Orleans. He's not alone.

Leroy Jones' New Orleans Strut

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May 20, 2016 • At the Dew Drop Jazz Hall across the lake from the city, music has been performed for more than a century. One of New Orleans' great trumpeters leads his sextet in concert.

Down Home In Treme With John Boutté And Shannon Powell

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October 27, 2016 • New Orleans is a place where you throw a parade for a funeral, where joyful music is found in struggle. In this concert documentary, two local legends show off their hometown pride.

Radical Imagination: Jazz And Social Justice

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January 19, 2017 • The Transformations Suite is Samora Pinderhughes' ambitious new work combining music, words and visuals — inspired by African-American resistance and protest movements.

Watch Herbie Hancock Perform Live In Brooklyn

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October 20, 2016 • Herbie Hancock and his latest band push the boundaries of jazz in a concert at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in New York City.

Dance Like Animals In Wynton Marsalis' 'Spaces'

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October 7, 2016 • Tap dancer Jared Grimes and street dancer Lil Buck embody animals in Marsalis' new jazz suite.