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How is the jazz community in Philadelphia responding to the global pandemic? Jazz Night in America found a few different answers to that question. In the…
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Some folks—even jazz fans—wouldn’t know that 'Robert Chudnick' was the real name of the musician whose handle was Red Rodney. The once well-known jazz…
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Philadelphia's jazz culture nurtures new artists through educational programs that work hard to ensure the genre's future.
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Here is the third of three stories highlighting a cross-section of some of the incredible bassists to have come out of Philly.
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Since 2017, Slingshot—a collaboration between NPR Music and the digital music service VuHaus—has provided a platform where 'taste-making' music stations…
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One of America’s most admired civil rights icons, though she disliked the label, wasn’t a political or religious figure—she was a singer with a “rich,…
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The cohort of carefully selected emerging jazz musicians that make up the LUQ Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency collaborate to perform original works…
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Members of the 2019 Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency program visited the WRTI Performance Studio last year to play a number of songs. In this video,…
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When Center City Philadelphia's Chris' Jazz Café closed its doors in March because of the Coronavirus, the world-famous venue was already a couple of…
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The multitalented Kendrah E. Butler-Waters, a pianist, composer, and vocalist, weaves cultural honesty and spiritual sensibilities into her compositions…