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Lilly Quiroz/NPRTrombone Shorty releases new album from New Orleans, a tribute to the city's soul, marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. -
The South African pianist and Zulu healer guides us through a meditation on stillness and an invocation of Blackness. -
Michael StewartShe recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. -
Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty ImagesThe bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master. -
Keystone/Getty ImagesLondon's Sunday Times once called Laine "quite simply the best singer in the world." -
Robert Bertoia/Getty ImagesWith his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture. -
Roberto Cifarelli/ECM RecordsAs he nears 70, pianist Fred Hersch looks back on a fearless life in jazz, sharing personal favorites, stories behind bold collaborations and music from his new album. -
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Martín Selasco's electro-cumbia project Terror/Cactus welcomes jazz reed player Kate Olson on new single. -
Another departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011. -
Lara Downes sits down with the brilliant jazz harpist to discuss the power of female lineage in the worlds of jazz and classical music. -
Joni's Jazz, a celebration of Joni Mitchell's deep affinity with jazz, will be released as a boxed set and on digital services on Sep. 5. A previously unreleased demo version of "Be Cool" from 1980 has been released as a single today.
