Sunday, May 11, 2014

NPR Music - Jazz

CONCERTS

Live Sunday: Blue Note At 75, The Concert

The iconic jazz label celebrates a major anniversary with this special performance featuring artists from its past and present: Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Norah Jones, Jason Moran and many more.
A BLOG SUPREME

The First African-American Piano Manufacturer

Like his father, Warren Shadd was a jazz musician and a piano technician. Then he decided to build a prototype instrument, went to a gospel music convention, and suddenly had more than 1,000 buyers.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Rachel Z On Piano Jazz

Rachel Z performs original pieces, including "Gently Sleeps the Pear Tree" and "Artemisia," and duets with host Marian McPartland in "Autumn Leaves."
MOUNTAIN STAGE

The Julian Lage Trio On Mountain Stage

Hear the prodigiously gifted jazz guitarist perform songs with his bassist and percussionist, recorded live on stage in Morgantown, W.Va.

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