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Pianist Gerald Clayton performs on WBGO's The Checkout.Personnel:Gerald Clayton - pianoJoe Sanders - bassJustin Brown - drumsSet List:CasiotonePotholeOne…

Multi-instrumentalist Joey Dosik, a 33-year old singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, crafts original soul music that draws from the pantheon: Marvin Gaye,…

There’s nothing fake about David Murray.His authentic voice on tenor saxophone is only bolstered by his fiery sincerity as an improviser. And he’s just as…

Theo Croker vividly remembers his first lesson with Detroit’s brass hero Marcus Belgrave.It was an encounter that rattled Croker to his core — leaving him…

The New York Gypsy All-Stars perform a modern strain of gypsy jazz unlike any other. By combining fiery Balkan wedding grooves with ancient Turkish…

Don’t let the heavy African grooves fool you — Photay is pale in complexion.He’s also a forward-thinking electronic artist raised in upstate New York,…

One thing I’ve noticed over two decades’ worth of interviews with Vijay Iyer, the award-winning pianist and composer, is that he doesn’t instinctively…

Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs left us on April 7. We’re remembering him with an archival episode of The Checkout.In our obituary for Gumbs, WBGO’s Nate Chinen…

When I landed in Turkey last summer for the 26th Istanbul Jazz Festival, I knew I was arriving at an ancient crossroads — where East meets West, old meets…

Real-time dialogue is at the heart of improvisation — and it has been all but impossible in an era of social distancing.The limits of our technology, and…