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The Latest Jazz News from Around the World

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• Youngbloods: Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

  Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:11:07 GMT

  We close out our Youngbloods series with saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins, who takes us into the relationship between his faith and his compositions.

• A composer's meditation on the moment, blown up to immersive proportions

  Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:20:19 GMT

  Seven months after it debuted at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Tyshawn Sorey relaunches his work Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) on a monumental new scale in New York's Park Avenue Armory.

• Joe Bussard, the collector who preserved early American recordings, has died at 86

  Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:38:06 GMT

  Joe Bussard not only sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared, but shared the music with giddy excitement.

• Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81

  Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:15:23 GMT

  Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

• Makaya McCraven's 'In These Times': A musical marvel made by meticulous process

  Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:31:06 GMT

  On his new album the drummer, composer and self-described "beat scientist" makes music by way of an elaborate hybrid method combining improvisation with careful editing. It sounds like magic.

• Youngbloods: Pianist Sean Mason

  Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:00:11 GMT

  Jazz Night in America talks to pianist and composer Sean Mason about his musical journey from North Carolina to New York, and how the South never really left his music.

• Terri Lyne Carrington addresses women's omission from jazz canon with 'New Standards'

  Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:23:34 GMT

  After finding an abysmally low number of women artists' work within jazz's unoffical book of standards, Carrington set out to fix the problem with a book of her own.

• Youngbloods: Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan

  Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:49:07 GMT

  Meet Sarah Hanahan, a rising star on alto saxophone

• Ramsey Lewis, the pop chart's favorite jazz pianist, dies at 87

  Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:23:35 GMT

  The Grammy-winning Chicago pianist, composer and radio host died peacefully in his home on Monday morning.

• Youngbloods: Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson

  Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:55:58 GMT

  Jazz Night in America spotlights a young musician and composer who is wise beyond his years. Hear Isaiah J. Thompson's story and his unquestionable gift at the keys.

• Tom Skinner, 'Bishara'

  Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:01:10 GMT

  In his work with The Smile and Sons of Kemet, the drummer has always found the pivot points between chaos and clarity. Skinner's solo album brings that shifting insight into focus.

• Juilliard Jazz Ensemble: Tiny Desk Concert

  Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:01:11 GMT

  The ensemble, composed of current students in Juilliard's jazz studies program, gives a performance that embodies a spirit of community and collaboration.

• Youngbloods: Vocalist Samara Joy

  Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:32:41 GMT

  Jazz Night In America puts the spotlight on Samara Joy, a young vocalist and songwriter who is taking cues from the past to create music that is both classic and contemporary.

• Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

  Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:00:53 GMT

  Isaiah J. Thompson's compositions combine jazz's past and present to paint a beautiful portrait of its future.

• Endea Owens and The Cookout: Tiny Desk Concert

  Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:00:22 GMT

  The bassist and her band The Cookout perform a joyful, head-bobbing set of masterful jazz.