Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:12:00 GMT
We take you to the Exit Zero Jazz Festival. Three sets from: piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker; New Orleans vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, and master conguero Pedrito Martinez.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:29:27 GMT
Don't just speak, say something" serves as a mantra in "Say Something."
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:00:17 GMT
The Tonight Show music director has been branching out: In addition to buying a farm, he's making his directorial debut with Summer of Soul, a documentary about a 1969 concert series in Harlem.
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:00:53 GMT
The NEA celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jazz Masters Fellowship and inducts the class of 2022, including four jazz icons: Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson and Donald Harrison, Jr.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:27:09 GMT
Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:35:43 GMT
The first single from Somewhere Different, her gleaming Impulse debut, is a driving jazz-funk sunburst that calls back to a heyday of popular Black musical uplift.
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:30:32 GMT
That this music proudly defies classification is only natural — it's a core part of Smith's message.
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:24:42 GMT
The musical polymath offers ideas on everything from Russian satellites and hip-hop, to Bach and football, and how they shape the musical education of America.
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:00:27 GMT
In the late '60s through the '70s, Don and Moki Cherry imagined a world where creative music, education and the arts all lived together.
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:04:00 GMT
Maverick jazz composer Anthony Braxton was set to spend his 75th birthday performing at events around the world, but then... well, you know. He has two new boxed sets out this month.
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:00:24 GMT
The prolific bassist and two-time Grammy-nominated producer and guitarist come together to distill the sonic creativity of their album, Notes With Attachments.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:09:00 GMT
For the final entry in Morning Edition's Song Project series, Vijay Iyer wrote a rhizomatic, inviting — and not entirely placating — instrumental piece to encapsulate his past year.
Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:02:00 GMT
For most artists, 2020 was a year of forced isolation and few opportunities. But Dan Tepfer, a jazz pianist and composer, had a busy year, partly thanks to his technological acumen.
Sat, 29 May 2021 11:29:00 GMT
"Time Traveler," Nnenna Freelon's first new album in more than a decade, is a passionate expression of love enduring as she grieves the loss of her husband and other family members.
Wed, 26 May 2021 18:22:40 GMT
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom made its debut last year with a striking cast of characters, but it was Branford Marsalis' job to make the music take flight.