Sunday, October 11, 2015

NPR Music - JAZZ

Jason Moran Plays Thelonious Monk's Town Hall Concert

The artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center presents In My Mind, his personal re-imagining of a famous 1959 concert led by his piano hero. Watch highlights from the show.
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TINY DESK

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Tiny Desk Concert

Artists don't usually tell long, rambling stories for us. They don't usually name their tunes "Ku Klux Police Department." The trumpeter presents his jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Ray Brown On Piano Jazz

The bassist, famous for his precision and beautiful tone, joined Marian McPartland in 1996.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Sammy Price On Piano Jazz

In a 1986 session, the session pianist and Lester Young collaborator demonstrated his boogie-woogie style.
SONGS WE LOVE

Songs We Love: John Scofield, 'Mr. Puffy'

Jazz guitarist returns to the sound of his straight-ahead quartet with Joe Lovano, on tunes documenting his son's battle with cancer.

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