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Veronica ArevaloRing in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world. -
Album cover collage by Trevor Smith. Don Was photo (bottom left) by Myriam SantosDon Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.
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Shervin LainezBanjo, 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.
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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. -
The South African pianist and Zulu healer guides us through a meditation on stillness and an invocation of Blackness. -
She recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. -
London's Sunday Times once called Laine "quite simply the best singer in the world." -
With his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture. -
Stanley Clarke and his band 4EVER perform a locked-in set of classics from the bassist's catalog while also giving them new life. -
The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82. -
This jazz supergroup has super powers and they're on full display from beginning to end during this Tiny Desk. -
Pianist Hiromi picks a track from 10 different bands she's led or joined, tracing the bold ideas and unexpected turns that have shaped her ever-evolving sound.
