Sunday, July 20, 2014

NPR Music - JAZZ

The New Thing In Jazz, Revisited

The long-defunct Impulse Records is staking its future on pianist Henry Butler. The label relaunches this month, for a second time, with a collaboration between Butler and trumpeter Steven Bernstein.
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THE FRESH AIR INTERVIEW

'Live In The Present': Charlie Haden Remembered

"You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world," Haden told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1992. The bassist died on July 11.
MUSIC INTERVIEWS

Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow

The jazz pianist recovered from a coma in 2008 and was back on stage the next year. He hasn't slowed down since, and this month brings his latest album, a trio recording called Floating.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Carmen Lundy On Piano Jazz

The contralto joined host Marian McPartland in 2000 to perform "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and Lundy's own piece, "Quiet Times."
MUSIC REVIEWS

A Sax Trio Taps Tradition While Thriving In The Present

On an assured debut, Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio pivots from jazz's bygone eras into the hyperlinked modern age and back again.

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