Monday, April 13, 2015

NPR Music - JAZZ

Cassandra Wilson Sings Billie Holiday

One of today's great singers celebrates the centennial of a jazz icon. Wilson brings her fresh arrangements of classic tunes to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
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JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

Billie Holiday: A Singer Beyond Our Understanding

Most artists belong to their times. But Holiday, born 100 years ago Tuesday, fits in the present.
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Carmen McRae On Piano Jazz

An expert on rhythm and phrasing, the singer accompanies herself on piano for "As Long As I Live."
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Remembering Ralph Sharon, Tony Bennett's Pianist

The longtime piano accompanist and musical director accidentally broke the hit "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." But he was also the driving force behind the style Bennett is best known for.
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Home Cooking: The Philadelphia Jazz Organ Tradition In Concert

It was in Philly where Jimmy Smith first took a church instrument and made it swing. Years later, the city's jazz community gathers to salute its many soulful pioneers of the Hammond B-3 organ.

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