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  • Saxophonist Branford Marsalis has performed pop music with Sting, hip-hop with Buckshot LeFonque, and jazz with a host of giants like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Art Blakey. His new CD offers another challenge. Marsalis teams with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on Creation - a collection of the works of various French composers. Liane speaks with Marsalis about his newfound confidence with classical performance and some of the lessons he learned along the way. (17:49) Creation is on Sony Classical
  • Rudd is known for his work with groundbreaking groups and musicians like Herbie Nichols, the New York Art Quartet, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, and Carla Bley. He has been playing traditional and avant-garde jazz for some 60 years. His latest CD is a live recording with Archie Shepp called Live in New York.
  • Weekend Edition Sunday's music director Ned Wharton offers his suggestions for holiday gift CDs.
  • Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton offers up three new CDs of a "minimalist" tone.
  • Master vocalist Bobby McFerrin's new album Beyond Words takes him back to his jazz roots. On Weekend Edition Sunday, host Lynn Neary talks with McFerrin about his new work, his career, and his approach to making music.
  • Vocalist and songwriter Rene Marie likes to re-invent tunes by Billie Holiday, Enya, and the Beatles. Sunday on Weekend All Things Considered, she takes one of her own tunes to her band for the first time. Part two of two.
  • Vocalist and songwriter Rene Marie likes to re-invent tunes by Billie Holiday, Enya, and the Beatles. Sunday on Weekend All Things Considered, she took one of her own tunes to her band for the first time. Part one of two.
  • Weekend Edition Sunday's Ned Wharton is back with his latest samplings of cutting edge music. This time around, hear the music of Neil Finn, John McLaughlin's Remember Shakti and Monty Alexander.
  • Learn more about Episode 1 from Dangerous Sounds, a podcast series in 8 episodes taking listeners on a historical journey of jazz in Denmark.
  • As we turn the calendar from 2023 to 2024, The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a New Year's Eve performance of a recent vintage, featuring the William Tell Overture and more.
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