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• DOMi & JD BECK: Tiny Desk Concert

  Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:00:20 GMT

  The jazz duo known for dazzling, brilliant live performances delivered at the Tiny Desk, with a set of songs from its debut album.

• Interpreting the music of Julius Eastman, Wild Up honors the composer's vastness

  Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:12:04 GMT

  The feat the Los Angeles group Wild Up achieves in interpreting the music of Julius Eastman is the refusal to attempt impersonation — the musicians make him their muse without fetishizing him.

• Keith Jarrett's eternal balancing act

  Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:00:18 GMT

  Keith Jarrett's two strokes in 2018 left the pianist unable to perform publicly. On the occasion of Bordeaux Concert, WBGO's Nate Chinen caught up with Jarrett.

• After a pandemic disruption, Newport Jazz Festival makes a poignant, euphoric return

  Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:28:09 GMT

  The festival's first full edition in two years — and its first since the death of co-founder George Wein — saw dynamic performances from Newport veterans alongside glowing debuts from newcomers.

• An American in Paris: organist Rhoda Scott's remarkable career in Jazz

  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:18:50 GMT

  Jazz Night shines a light on an American organist who moved to Europe on a whim and became a jazz superstar. Hear the remarkable story of Rhoda Scott.

• Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Louis Hayes named 2023 NEA Jazz Masters

  Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:59:52 GMT

  The trio of players, all from Detroit, along with producer and author Sue Mingus, will be celebrated in a tribute concert next spring.

• Matthew Shipp Trio, 'World Construct'

  Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:30:46 GMT

  The title piece from the pianist-composer's latest trio release provokes us and stays firmly in the mind.

• Jazz renegade Theo Croker returns to his Jacksonville roots

  Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:37:31 GMT

  Jazz Night hangs with trumpeter Theo Croker in Jacksonville, Fla., where he spent his teenage years, to revisit old mentors and hear a set by his band from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

• Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs of 2022 (So Far)

  Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:00:39 GMT

  Beach House and Mitski and Spoon, oh my! Here are the tracks public radio is spinning over and over this year.

• J'Nai Bridges: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:45:20 GMT

  The Grammy Award-winning opera singer performs a classical, jazz and gospel influenced set.

• NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

  Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:30:09 GMT

  The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

• From bebop to hip-hop: Gary Bartz's sax sound shapes many eras

  Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:58:24 GMT

  Gary Bartz shares stories from his sixty-plus-year career, covering everything from bebop to hip-hop. Hear a heartfelt conversation between the legendary saxophonist and host Christian McBride.

• Trio of albums gives saxophonist Charles Lloyd the opportunity to search inward

  Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:08:21 GMT

  The saxophonist, who began his career in the '70s, has played with notable names like the Beach Boys and Cannonball Adderley. He's still flowing with music.

• Songs to believe in: A Juneteenth playlist

  Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:10:28 GMT

  This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

• For pianist Vadim Neselovskyi, Ukraine war adds urgency to his most personal work

  Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:00:54 GMT

  On a new album, Odesa, written in tribute to his father, the pianist, former child prodigy and composer also paints a portrait of the album's namesake, currently in the midst of a Russian invasion.