Tuesday, March 31, 2015

NPR Music - JAZZ

The Best Of Jazz Night In America, Season One (So Far)

From huge auditoriums to tiny basements, living legends to rising stars, watch highlights of the webcast, featuring Wynton Marsalis, Pedrito Martinez, Robert Glasper, Johnny O'Neal and Lou Donaldson.
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Three Jazz Pianists, A Generation After Apartheid

Millennial musicians are reshaping the South African jazz scene in a culture of open exchange. Hear from pianists Nduduzo Makhathini, Kyle Shepherd and Bokani Dyer.
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA: THE RADIO PROGRAM

Behind The SFJAZZ Collective's Original Approach To Joe Henderson

For this season, each member of the all-star octet representing the San Francisco jazz institution wrote a new piece for the band, and rearranged a work by a saxophone master.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Dardanelle Hadley On Piano Jazz

In this Piano Jazz session from 1984, Hadley shows off her chops in "All The Things You Are" and duets with host Marian McPartland in "It's Delovely."
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA: WEDNESDAY NIGHT WEBCASTS

Ingrid Jensen And Steve Treseler Play Kenny Wheeler

The late, distinctively melodic jazz trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler was quietly influential to generations of musicians. From the Pacific Northwest, two acolytes reimagine his catalog.

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