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Jazz Albums of the Week

Every week on the air there's a special focus on one particular jazz album. Check them all out here!

Jazz Album of the Week: Peter Hand's All-Star Infused Hand Painted Dream

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source

Published November 4, 2019 at 3:00 PM EST

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Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: 50 Years of Mondays!

NPR Staff

In 1965, the trumpeter, composer and arranger Thad Jones and the drummer Mel Lewis found themselves with a book of Big Band music originally intended for…
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Remembering Philly Sax Legend Bootsie Barnes: "The Man With The Tenor Touch" Has Passed At Age 82

We are so sad to report that Philadelphia jazz legend, Robert "Bootsie" Barnes—tenor sax player extraordinaire—passed this morning of COVID-19 at age 82.…
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Jazz Album of the Week: Swing with Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra's Along for the Ride

Matt Silver

July 8, 2019. When trombonist, vocalist, and bandleader Pete McGuinness was growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, he wanted to be Duke Ellington. So…