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The Latest Jazz News from Around the World

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• Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:01:26 GMT

  Watch four different Jacob Colliers perform simultaneously in the same studio in this unprecedented Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

• Premiere: Watch Jazzmeia Horn's Final Live Performance Before The Pandemic

  Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT

  Join us to watch jazz vocalist and songwriter Jazzmeia Horn give her last in-person concert before the pandemic shuttered music venues in March 2020.

• Fabiano Do Nascimento: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:00:24 GMT

  The Brazilian-born guitarist performs a peace-inducing concert from his home in Los Angeles.

• Freddy Cole, Distinguished Jazz Artist And Unassuming Vocalist, Dead At 88

  Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:15:00 GMT

  Freddy Cole died on Saturday at his home in Atlanta. With his charming, easeful baritone and a crisp, efficient touch at the piano, Cole carved out a professional career of more than 65 years.

• We Insist: A Century Of Black Music Against State Violence

  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 14:21:55 GMT

  These songs take on some of the ugliest stories in our history and reflect the commitment of Black musicians to telling the truth of how Black people have been wronged, and survived, and fought back.

• A Previously Unreleased Thelonious Monk Concert Is Coming Next Month

  Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:02:00 GMT

  In 1968, a teenager convinced Thelonious Monk to play a concert at his high school to ease racial tensions in his community. More than 50 years later, it's been rediscovered and remastered.

• Saxophonist Jimmy Heath Takes An Elegant Victory Lap On His Posthumous 'Love Letter'

  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:00:50 GMT

  The lauded saxophonist passed away in January at the age of 93 — but not before recording a tender, accomplished collection alongside several of his fellow luminaries.

• The Law Police Used To Discriminate Against Musicians Of Color

  Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT

  The New York Police Department kept musicians of color from the stage for almost three decades by revoking their cabaret cards, a license required to perform for pay in nightclubs.

• Heat Check: 'Black Joy Is Radical'

  Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:41:07 GMT

  To celebrate radical Black joy in a time of great pain, here's a round-up of new tracks from the worlds of jazz, R&B and rap, all to remind you that they can't hijack happiness.

• The Evolution Of Jon Batiste

  Thu, 28 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT

  Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

• Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of 'Kind Of Blue,' Dies At 91

  Mon, 25 May 2020 14:12:15 GMT

  The drummer was the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis's iconic 1959 album.

• Stefon Harris: A Generation's Preeminent Voice Of The Vibraphone

  Thu, 21 May 2020 18:04:00 GMT

  Vibraphonist Stefon Harris gives us a lesson in empathy on and off the bandstand with his band Blackout.

• Dezron Douglas And Brandee Younger: Alone Together Duets

  Tue, 19 May 2020 12:00:01 GMT

  For Jazz Night in America's Alone Together Duets series, harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas perform "Toilet Paper Romance" from their living room in East Harlem, N.Y.

• Raul Midón: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  Sat, 16 May 2020 09:00:30 GMT

  The jazz singer and guitarist has multiple Grammy nominations to his name. He performed five songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

• Ambrose Akinmusire's New Album Is A Circle In Time, Right Back To His First Jazz Show

  Fri, 08 May 2020 10:30:07 GMT

  The lauded trumpeter was attending eighth grade in Oakland when he saw a certain pillar of the avant-garde play live. Some 25 years later, the connection between then and now is stronger than ever.