Wednesday, February 26, 2014

NPR Music - Jazz

Eddie Palmieri's Latin Jazz Septet On JazzSet

Palmieri plays the whole piano, and he's not shy about throwing an elbow or forearm to get the effect he needs.
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TINY DESK CONCERTS

Sofia Rei: Tiny Desk Concert

For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, the NPR Music offices were converted into a small Latin American folk club, where Rei and her band treated us to stellar musicianship and genre-bending music.
MUSIC INTERVIEWS

A Man, A Plan, A Concept Album About Panama

Danilo Pérez got his start playing piano with Dizzy Gillespie. The celebrated composer's latest project is an ambitious one: 500 years of trade, exploration and colonization represented in music.
A BLOG SUPREME

Rail, Radio And Booze: A Look At Montreal Jazz History

Thanks to prohibition and trains, the Canadian city became known as a nightlife capital. A web documentary traces how Oscar Peterson and others emerged from the black neighborhood of Little Burgundy.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

John Dankworth On Piano Jazz

Piano Jazz remembers the musician, composer, arranger and band leader with this 1998 session, recorded before an audience at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.

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