Monday, April 4, 2016

NPR Music - Jazz

MUSIC ARTICLES

Archie Shepp: The Original Fire Music

In a 28-minute program from WGBH, saxophonist Archie Shepp paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be making jazz music in the avant-garde/free-jazz era of the 1960s.
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA: VIDEO EPISODES AND SHORTS

Gary Burton: Tiny Desk Concert

The jazz vibraphone pioneer played with Stan Getz and Chick Corea, was an early adopter of jazz fusion, and became the Dean of Berklee College of Music.
CONCERTS

Steve Turre At Yoshi's, With Pharoah Sanders

In this archival concert, Pharoah Sanders and Jon Faddis joined Turre to welcome the year 2000.
AROUND THE NATION

Services For Older Jazz Musicians

Organizations such as the Jazz Foundation of America and Billy Taylor's JazzMobile are striving to help older jazz musicians in need. Another group supposed to help musicians is the American Federation of Musicians union, but it has been criticized for failing to cater to jazz artists.

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