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The Latest Jazz News from Around the World

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• Robert Glasper, 'Black Superhero'

  Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:30:40 GMT

  Glasper's piano sets a chiming gospel loop, over which Killer Mike and Big K.R.I.T. rap verses about perseverance and positivity.

• Saxophonist Tony Malaby's unlikely pandemic practice space: the New Jersey Turnpike

  Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:11:00 GMT

  Saxophonist Tony Malaby, unlucky at the beginning of the pandemic after catching a very early case of the virus — the subsequent isolation imposed on his playing led him to a unique solution.

• Moonchild (feat. Lalah Hathaway), 'Tell Him'

  Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:25:43 GMT

  Over a bouncy, drum-heavy groove and dreamy keys, Moonchild lead singer Amber Navran tries to put things back in order after a relationship goes sour.

• Percussionist James Mtume, the beat behind Miles Davis and later 'Juicy,' dies at 76

  Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:10:06 GMT

  Mtume brought, in Miles Davis' words, "a deep African-American groove" to the trumpet legend's band before later exploring neo-minimalist funk and R&B. And then there was "Juicy."

• esperanza spalding: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:00:04 GMT

  spalding and the Loving presences play a spirit-nourishing Tiny Desk home concert featuring selections from her Songwrights Apothecary Lab, (S.A.L.) project.

• A preview of 2 albums debuting in 2022

  Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:08:00 GMT

  What new music is coming out in 2022 that's worth looking into? It turns out there is plenty of great new music coming out this year. Here's a preview of two albums.

• Toast Of The Nation 2022

  Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:50:00 GMT

  Ring in the New Year with music from the Quinteto Astor Piazzolla, Brandee Younger, Cory Henry, Keyon Harrold, and Louis Cole.

• In memoriam: Jazz Night In America remembers the icons we lost in 2021

  Thu, 23 Dec 2021 17:17:42 GMT

  We remember some of the luminaries we lost this year: Chick Corea; Milford Graves; Dr. Lonnie Smith; Pat Martino; Dottie Dodgion; Howard Johnson; Slide Hampton; Curtis Fuller; and Ralph Peterson Jr.

• A holly jolly Jazz Night: Our favorite holiday tunes

  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:00:57 GMT

  'Tis the season for spending time with the ones we love. Here's a collection of the Jazz Night team's favorite holiday music, including timeless classics and a few brand-new bops.

• For the jazz community, 2021 proved that improvisation is a life strategy

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:33:54 GMT

  WBGO's Nate Chinen reflects on the year in jazz.

• Jazz night at the opera (and other liberating acts of 2021)

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:33:41 GMT

  Both Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter realized long-held dreams: they both premiered operas. But more than that, they crumbled walls that have long separated musical genres and communities.

• Jamael Dean, Immanuel Wilkins invoked jazz's ancestors

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:33:24 GMT

  Harmony Holiday believes the best jazz of 2021 reclaimed a spiritual genius, after what seems like decades of efforts to anesthetize it.

• In 2021, jazz went back in time to see the future

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:33:11 GMT

  Nostalgia tends to dominate our respective listening habits. This year saw the excavation of various titles from the annals of time.

• When clubs shuttered, The Jazz Gallery emerged like a phoenix

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:32:54 GMT

  "I predicted the pandemic wouldn't change live music," says Rio Sakairi, Artistic Director for the NYC jazz club. "And it hasn't."

• Reflecting on the wisdom of our jazz elders

  Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:32:27 GMT

  In 2021, Shannon J. Effinger celebrated the giants who embody of Black genius.