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Noted record executive and producer Don Was explains the concept behind the creation of WasFest, a new music festival he’s curating in Boston in June.
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WBGO’s Brian Delp talks with Renee Rosnes and Nicole Glover of the super group Artemis about their new album ‘In Real Time’ on Blue Note Records.
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WBGO’s Nicole Sweeney talks with keyboardist Ronnie Foster about his many recording sessions, his latest Blue Note album Reboot, and his upcoming performance at The Blue Note in NYC.
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WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight Dance Kobina, a new album from Joe Chambers on his Daybreak show and the drummer talks with Monifa Brown about the recording
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The screwball comedy features a jazz soundtrack that includes classic tracks from the Blue Note catalog, including “Moanin’” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, “Senor Blues” by Horace Silver, and “Let’s Get Lost” by Chet Baker.
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"Blood Count," the Billy Strayhorn ballad, provides fine fodder for a trio of Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, as heard on the forthcoming album 'Trios: Chapel.'
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Norah Jones' demo of "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" helped land her a deal at Blue Note. It's now a single from Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, due out on April 29.
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For The Art of the Story, a report on tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, whose album-release celebration doubles as a Village Vanguard debut.
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Jazz Night In AmericaWorking with his superbly intuitive band — Micah Thomas on piano, Daryl Johns on bass, Kweku Sumbry on drums — we listen in on Wilkins' powerful January performance, recorded live at PhilaMOCA.
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Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana made her forthcoming album, '12 Stars,' during a time of heartbreak, healing and renewed hope.