Jazz United
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Jazz United was a wide-ranging conversation show from WBGO Studios, hosted by critic Nate Chinen and broadcaster Greg Bryant.
Covering a host of subjects relevant to the musical community, it draws on the shared enthusiasms of its hosts as well as some key differences. Bryant, former host of Jazz After Hours, is a seasoned radio host and musician; Chinen is a longtime journalist and the author of Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century. Jazz United brings their distinct perspectives into dialogue, with the music always in center focus.
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In this episode of Jazz United, we consider the calculus of Grammy nominations, and how we feel about the 2021 nominee pool.
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Jazz United discusses harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas, who made their soul-affirming album 'Force Majeure' as a series of pandemic livestreams.
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Jazz United celebrates the underrated legacy of Herbie Hancock's groundbreaking band Mwandishi, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
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The musical community absorbed some devastating news this week, when Keith Jarrett revealed that he may never return to public performance.Speaking with…
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By the early 1960s, Ella Fitzgerald was an established international artist, beginning to reap the fruits of a 25-year career.Onstage, her perfect…
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It’s never a bad time to talk about Thelonious Monk. His indomitable music and incorruptible example serve as a renewable resource, because there’s always…
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Right about now, in any other year, many of us would be gearing up for a trip to Newport, R.I.This year, of course, is different. The Newport Jazz…
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Charles Tolliver has lived his share of jazz history. As a fiery young sideman with Jackie McLean and Max Roach in the 1960s, he joined a lineage of…
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Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been sorely missing live music. But in at least one sense, we haven’t lost the experience of real-time…
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This past February — before the phrase “social distancing” had entered our lexicon — the two of us, Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen, got together to hear some…