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The Latest Jazz News from Around the World

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• Watch The Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour Celebrate 60 Years

  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:20:00 GMT

  Watch the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour featuring Christian Sands, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross.

• Good Gracious! Words Of Wisdom And Soulful Reflection From 'Sweet Papa' Lou Donaldson

  Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:54:36 GMT

  Host Christian McBride sits down with saxophonist Lou Donaldson to talk about Lou's life as a performer, his thoughts on jazz today and how hip-hop brought new ears to his music.

• Smithsonian Folkways Celebrates 50 Years Of Jazz Fest's Serendipity

  Fri, 07 Jun 2019 20:24:00 GMT

  The 50th anniversary Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival box set, out now, focuses on jazz legends and rising stars from the region.

• Turtle Island Quartet Joins Cyrus Chestnut With Global Gospel Offering

  Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:15:00 GMT

  Watch Carry Me Home, a program from Turtle Island, the hardest working string quartet in jazz, and their latest collaborator, pianist Cyrus Chestnut.

• Chilean Singer-Songwriter Camila Meza Sets A Brooklyn Loft Aglow

  Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT

  Rising singer, guitarist and composer Camila Meza reverberates songs from her latest record Ámbar off the walls of a light-filled Brooklyn loft.

• Brandee Younger Plucks And Shimmers A 'Soul Awakening'

  Thu, 30 May 2019 09:01:23 GMT

  The jazz harpist's sophomore record is celestial, groove-forward and unabashed about its alchemies of style. Ravi Coltrane guests.

• Joel Ross And His (Exceptionally) Good Vibes

  Thu, 23 May 2019 09:02:00 GMT

  The vibraphonist has a "love-hate relationship" with his instrument that has been helpful in perfecting his craft — but it wouldn't mean much without the deep emotional well he pulls from.

• Meet The NEA's 2020 Jazz Masters: McFerrin, Mitchell, Workman And Kirk

  Tue, 21 May 2019 13:30:00 GMT

  The four recipients of America's highest jazz honor will be celebrated at a concert in San Francisco next spring.

• Cleveland's Joe Lovano Comes Home

  Thu, 16 May 2019 20:49:00 GMT

  Every December, saxophonist Joe Lovano travels home to Cleveland to throw himself a birthday concert. We hear tales of Lovano family lore, and a get a slice of his musical past and present.

• Snarky Puppy's Full Pack Came Together To Record 'Immigrance'

  Thu, 09 May 2019 18:30:08 GMT

  This loosely-knit collective of funk, jazz, and rock players recorded it's latest studio album, Immigrance, with the full lineup of just under 20 members.

• Brad Mehldau's 'Finding Gabriel' Is A Call To Communion

  Thu, 09 May 2019 09:00:55 GMT

  The jazz pianist's swing-for-the-fences opus references Old Testament prophets and collides retro-futurist synthesizers with horns and strings.

• The Birthplace Of Country Music's First Hit Is Being Threatened By Modern Construction

  Sat, 04 May 2019 11:52:00 GMT

  A grassroots drive to preserve a historic building in downtown Atlanta is highlighting the city's somewhat forgotten role in early country music.

• Wynton Marsalis Imagines Buddy Bolden's Jazz On-Screen: 'He Was Bringing Fire'

  Thu, 02 May 2019 20:48:00 GMT

  Decorated jazz composer Wynton Marsalis talks about creating music inspired by an artist he's never heard play, Charles "Buddy" Bolden, for the film Bolden.

• More Than 'Kind Of Blue': In 1959, A Few Albums Changed Jazz Forever

  Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:09:00 GMT

  Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus all cut timeless classics, each pointing the form in a different direction.

• Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

  Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:00:00 GMT

  On this month's Heavy Rotation, hear the latest songs from Ari Lennox, Anderson .Paak, Ben Kweller, Y La Bamba and more.