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Polarizing, cool, and in your face — jazz and hip hop are similar that way. Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. -
Greg Allen/Courtesy of the artistGuitarist and singer George Benson, at the peak of an already rich jazz career, stepped outside the genre to create standards in the pop and R&B arena. -
Photo illustration by Miguel Perez/WXPNFor Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments. -
Amy Harris/Invision/APThe prolific saxophonist Charles Lloyd is as busy as ever at the age of 87. Jazz host and fan Carl Pogue gives us a peek into the saxophonist's life and spiritually healing music.
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For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments. -
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." -
On a cold February night in Seattle the Tractor Tavern burned bright with the rapid-fire, intricate, kinetic drumming of Thai drummer and bandleader Salin. -
In 1911, 13-year-old Juhei Kono arrived in Tacoma from Japan. His memoir is the inspiration for "Voyages," a new album from Grammy Award-winning woodwind artist Ben Kono.
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