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The Jazz Gallery All-Stars perform live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C..

Toast Of The Nation 2021

Suraya Mohamed

Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 with live music from some of the best jazz groups performing today, featuring the Catherine Russell Trio, Pink Martini, KOKOROKO and The Jazz Gallery All-Stars.

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New Year's Day from Vienna's Musikverein on WRTI: Riccardo Muti Conducts The Vienna Philharmonic

Ring in 2021 with WRTI 90.1! On New Year's Day, join us at 11 AM for the 81st Annual Vienna Philharmonic concert broadcast featuring the upbeat music of…

The saxophonist, flutist and composer Henry Threadgill, one of the NEA's 2021 Jazz Masters.

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NEA Announces Its 2021 Jazz Masters

Nate Chinen

Four luminaries – Henry Threadgill, Terri Lynne Carrington, Jimmy "Tootie" Heath and Phil Schaap – will be inducted in a ceremony scheduled, virtually, for next spring.