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I didn’t see Ornette Coleman until 1971 when he played the Saturday afternoon program of the Newport Jazz Festival with his old comrades Dewey Redman,…

New England Public Radio's Tom Reney reflects on jazz singer Sheila Jordan and the quality of her recent performances.

Barney Kessel was one of the best jazz guitarists of all time. This podcast is a look at his story and his style, with some great music mixed in.

On Jazz Beat, Tom Reney focuses on the Newport Folk Festival fifty years ago, when the Paul Butterfield Blues Band brought the electric blues to Newport…

Was Martin Luther King inspired by Charlie Parker? In the latest edition of Jazz Beat, New England Public Radio's Tom Reney explores the intersection of…

In this episode of New England Public Radio's Jazz Beat, Jazz a la Mode host Tom Reney celebrates the life and saxophone of the great Johnny Griffin. The…

For the latest edition of New England Public Radio's Jazz Beat, Tom Reney speaks with Loren Schoenberg, the founding director and resident scholar at the…

NPR reports on the latest on the attack earlier this week in London that killed five people, including the attacker, and injured at least 50.

The historically black university in Washington, D.C., is sending computer science students to study at Google's headquarters in California, as part of an effort called Howard West.

The story of two Iraqi refugees who were granted political asylum to come to the United States.