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• Jazz Saxophone Legend Jimmy Heath Has Died

  Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:59:00 GMT

  The saxophonist and composer — an artist who wrote for Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and who nurtured John Coltrane — died Sunday at age 93.

• The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

  Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:16:41 GMT

  The results of the year-end poll of 140 jazz critics offered surprise after surprise, including what's likely the youngest group of musicians, and more women than ever, in the top 10.

• The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap

  Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:14:34 GMT

  The organizer of NPR Music's Jazz Critics Poll says that as the pillars of the jazz establishment have splintered, there's new space for music at the edges of the genre to find recognition.

• Jon Batiste: Tiny Desk Concert

  Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT

  Jon Batiste's Tiny Desk Concert was published prematurely. The new publication date is March 2020.

• How To Like Jazz, For The Uninitiated

  Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:59:00 GMT

  Want to start the new year with some new music? Weekend Edition has you covered with a new genre every week this month.

• Spanglish Fly: Tiny Desk Concert

  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 10:00:28 GMT

  Spanglish Fly is one of the pioneers of the boogaloo revival scene happening on the East Coast. For about sixteen minutes, they turned the NPR Music offices into the hottest Latin dance club in D.C.

• Toast Of The Nation 2020: The Jazz Collective Edition

  Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:01:02 GMT

  Jazz Night in America's Christian McBride hosts this special, ringing in the New Year with four hours of jazz from the SFJAZZ Collective, Carlos Henriquez and more.

• 'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2019

  Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:00:02 GMT

  We are showing our deep appreciation for some of the greats who left us in 2019: Dr. John, Joseph Jarman, Ethel Ennis, Larry Willis, Ray Santos and Harold Mabern.

• The South African Songbook: Jazz Musicians Who Stayed During Apartheid

  Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:00:18 GMT

  We celebrate 25 Years of democracy in South Africa by focusing on the trailblazers that stayed during the brutal era of apartheid, featuring Herbie Tsoaeli and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

• Moonchild: Tiny Desk Concert

  Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:01:20 GMT

  The LA-based trio makes an intricate blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. For their Tiny Desk set, they pulled out all the stops: flutes, flugelhorns, saxophones, keyboards, ukuleles and more.

• The Comet Is Coming: Tiny Desk Concert

  Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:00:51 GMT

  The Comet is Coming is a force of nature. The British trio makes the kind of instrumental jazz that takes music lovers out of their comfort zone and into a musical realm they may never have explored.

• The Deceptive Ease Of Cole Porter: In-Depth With Harry Connick, Jr.

  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:00:19 GMT

  "It's fascinating how this guy could be this master draftsman and do hyper-realistic paintings, and then the next he puts the ear on the back of the guy's head."

• 11 Jazz Songs That Spoke Truth To Power In 2019

  Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:44:52 GMT

  Jazz musicians have long spoken their mind in the face of injustice, and 2019 was no exception.

• Jazz Night In America: A Holiday Celebration

  Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:20:06 GMT

  To ring in the season, Jazz Night in America brings you Big Band Holidays, a concert featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

• A Jazz Piano Christmas 2019

  Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:00:26 GMT

  This year's edition of A Jazz Piano Christmas features a mix of artists from the East Coast and West Coast jazz scenes. We're celebrating the holidays with swing.