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Mark Your Calendar: Black History Month, Exhibits, Jazz and More at the National Museum of American History
This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening ...
How Teenager Vera Brandes Staged a Keith Jarrett Concert That Made Jazz History
Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, which went on ...
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An oral history of The Jazz Kitchen with David Allee
The legendary Indianapolis jazz club The Jazz Kitchen recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Listen to an oral history of ...
The triumph and the tragedy of the world’s greatest living jazz musician
The Köln Concert – a seminal hour in 20th-century musical history – we look back at the legacy of Keith Jarrett ...
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First-time Grammy nominee Christie Dashiell on the history behind her jazz album
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal ...
'Better than Juilliard': How Rodney Whitaker built MSU's jazz studies into acclaimed program
MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.
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Mary Lou Williams: Duke’s own ‘First Lady of Jazz’
When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, she was already an icon in the ...
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MSU Jazz concert to honor interwoven legacies of jazz music and Martin Luther King Jr.
The concert will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3 p.m. in MSU’s Fairchild Theatre, and the program will be performed by MSU ...
Jazz bassist, composer and educator Marion Hayden is the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist
A cornerstone in the Metro Detroit jazz community, musician and educator Marion Hayden is the recipient of the 2025 Kresge ...