Sunday, May 22, 2016

NPR Music - JAZZ

Leroy Jones' New Orleans Strut

At the Dew Drop Jazz Hall across the lake from the city, music has been performed for more than a century. One of New Orleans' great trumpeters leads his sextet in concert.
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MUSIC NEWS

At 80, Carla Bley Keeps Looking Toward The Next Composition

The pianist and composer, a force on the jazz scene for 50 years, celebrated her 80th birthday with a gala concert and new album — and she has another album on the way.
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

Catherine Russell: Sunny Side Of The Street

More than 30 years ago, Sy Oliver arranged a book of music for female vocal trio, for one concert only. The singer Catherine Russell unearths those arrangements at Jazz At Lincoln Center.
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Tania Maria On Piano Jazz

The Brazilian pianist and singer mixes frenetic originals with Antônio Carlos Jobim interpretations.

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