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The South Bronx bandleader took the Latin genre to new heights while recording for Fania Records.
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How do we find beauty in a broken world? This is the question that Ganavya's music asks, but lets you answer. At the Tiny Desk, she sings the poems of today in the language of today.
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Threadgill's autobiography, written with Brent Hayes Edwards is called Easily Slip into Another World. His album, The Other One, is a three-movement composition written for a 12-piece ensemble.
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The tenor saxophonist and flutist blends dazzling proficiency with the divine.
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Jazz Night celebrates dads in the jazz world. Hear tributes from Chick Corea, Bobby and Madison McFerrin, Cory Wong, Catherine Russell and Benny Green in this very special Father's Day episode.
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The artist's first album as a lead for Blue Note grew from a jarring realignment in her personal life. On The Omnichord Real Book, she finds ways to embrace jazz without taking on its baggage.
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New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.
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Brian Blade's band makes jazz-inflected, gospel-rooted music suffused with a glowing consonance.
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The distinguished saxophonist pushes the boundaries of modern jazz in his expressive Tiny Desk performance.
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Irreversible Entanglements gives Sun Ra's apocalyptic jam a heavy-gauge upgrade — shape-shifting in and out of a groove, but always rooted in the terrifying hypothetical at hand.
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Jazz Night in America honors the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters: Louis Hayes, Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Sue Mingus. Four newly crowned masters, with plenty of music, stories, and memories.
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The Chilean jazz vocalist makes a lasting impression at the Tiny Desk.