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Watch Party: The Joshua Redman Quartet's 'RoundAgain' Reunion Concert

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Before Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade recorded their new studio album, RoundAgain, they recorded this special hour-long concert video.

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Playing Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It Seems

July 15, 2020 • For musicians who want to play together while following social distancing guidelines, the solution goes beyond a Zoom call. Pianist Dan Tepfer leads us down the technological rabbit hole.

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Premiere: Watch Jazzmeia Horn's Final Live Performance Before The Pandemic

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July 8, 2020 • Join us to watch jazz vocalist and songwriter Jazzmeia Horn give her last in-person concert before the pandemic shuttered music venues in March 2020.

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The Law Police Used To Discriminate Against Musicians Of Color

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June 3, 2020 • The New York Police Department kept musicians of color from the stage for almost three decades by revoking their cabaret cards, a license required to perform for pay in nightclubs.

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Michela Marino Lerman And Russell Hall: Alone Together Duets

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June 19, 2020 • Tap dancer Michela Marino Lerman and bassist Russell Hall rattle our senses with a performance evoking the soundscapes of protests taking place in cities across America.

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Camille Thurman And Darrell Green: Alone Together Duets

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June 16, 2020 • Saxophonist Camille Thurman and drummer Darrell Green "Stand Tall" in their Alone Together Duet.

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Becca Stevens And Nathan Schram: Alone Together Duets

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May 29, 2020 • With time together on their side, singer and composer Becca Stevens teams up with her husband and Attacca Quartet violist, Nathan Schram, to perform a brooding version of "I Will Avenge You."

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The Evolution Of Jon Batiste

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May 28, 2020 • Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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Fabian Almazan And Linda May Han Oh: Alone Together Duets

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May 22, 2020 • Fabian Almazan and Linda May Han Oh serenade us with a piano and bass duet from their Harlem, N.Y., apartment.

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José James And Taali: Alone Together Duets

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May 5, 2020 • Musical couple José James and Taali perform the song "I Found A Love" while quarantined in their New York City apartment, in the first of a new series of videos from Jazz Night in America.

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Nduduzo Makhathini And Omagugu Makhathini: Alone Together Duets

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May 26, 2020 • Watch Blue Note recording artist Nduduzo Makhathini and vocalist Omagugu Makhathini perform a healing duet from their home in South Africa.

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Regina Carter And Alvester Garnett: Alone Together Duets

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May 15, 2020 • Watch violinist Regina Carter and drummer Alvester Garnett perform a duet from their home in New Jersey.

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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.

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Dezron Douglas And Brandee Younger: Alone Together Duets

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May 19, 2020 • For Jazz Night in America's Alone Together Duets series, harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas perform "Toilet Paper Romance" from their living room in East Harlem, N.Y.

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Rachel Eckroth And Tim Lefebvre: Alone Together Duets

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May 12, 2020 • Tim Lefebvre and Rachel Eckroth are an enigmatic couple who elude genre. Watch them perform a stripped-down duet from their LA home.

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Watch New Orleans Give A Brass Band Funeral Send-Off With 'I'll Fly Away'

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April 28, 2020 • Members of Brass-a-Holics and Mecca Notes pay tribute to lives lost to COVID-19 with a performance of "I'll Fly Away."

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Hear Béla Fleck And Edmar Castañeda's Stunning Collaboration In A Cathedral

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April 16, 2020 • Béla Fleck, the world's preeminent banjo player, and Edmar Castañeda, a peerless master of the Andean harp, perform as a duo for the first time at the Big Ears Festival in March 2019.

Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music

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Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music

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October 2, 2019 • This year, Turning the Tables focused on music's "founding mothers." Watch the season-opening concert at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Lizz Wright and more.