Sunday, December 29, 2013

NPR Music

Wynton Marsalis: New Year's Eve On JazzSet

Assisted by members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, the trumpeter and bandleader offers a celebratory double helping of the early pioneers — and tosses in "Auld Lang Syne" for good measure.
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A BLOG SUPREME

A History Of Phone Calls With Yusef Lateef

The late jazz multi-instrumentalist, a bluesy experimentalist, was known for his soulful, internationally flavored music. He died Monday at 93. For one struggling photographer, he was also close counsel for more than a decade.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Gerald Wilson On Piano Jazz

Wilson is a bandleader dedicated to the infinite possibilities of jazz. Hear a 2006 session.
MUSIC INTERVIEWS

'Together Again' With Wynton Marsalis, 20 Years Later

Celebrated jazz pianist Marcus Roberts is releasing three albums simultaneously. One is a 12-movement suite titled From Rags to Rhythm. The other two are collaborations with the now-famous trumpeter who helped launch his career.
MUSIC REVIEWS

Michele Rosewoman Goes Back To Afro-Cuban Jazz's Future

You could look at Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba band as reuniting cousins who've drifted apart: jazz and folkloric Cuban music with its own family ties to the slave coast of West Africa.

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