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Joseph GrayFor more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now on a new record, he turns to family. -
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Samantha J PhotographyAfter years spent as the go-to guy for a cross-pollinating L.A. music scene, the multi-hyphenate follows his spiritual mission inward for the sprawling series Love Is Louder Than Algorithms.
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Gus Van SantFlea's first musical love wasn't rock. It was jazz. The iconic bassist joins Christian McBride to talk about his debut solo album, Honora, and his return to the music that started it all. -
Lara DownesIn a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.
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Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together. -
Prepare your face to assume and remain in the stank position. It's about to get funky. -
Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression. -
Despite singing of heartbreak or sadness, Emily King's barely-contained excitement brightens the room between each tune. -
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. -
With its fusion of funk, jazz, Afrobeats and R&B, the British band conveys a radical mission to choose joy. -
Glover fought to build a life in music. From Portland, Ore., to New York City, her story traces resilience, creativity and the strength she found through sincerity. -
Pascoal said he had composed thousands of pieces. "I am 100 percent intuitive," he once told NPR. Miles Davis called him one of the most important musicians in the world. -
From his deep baritone chest to wonderfully fluttering head voice, Michael Mayo joyfully bends notes to his will. -
Trombone Shorty releases new album from New Orleans, a tribute to the city's soul, marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
