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Makaya McCraven — a drummer-producer-bandleader-composer who sums up his MO with the evocative term "beat scientist" — has lately been on the hottest of…
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Has jazz ever sounded so varied and diverse?In this Checkout podcast, Nate Chinen — WBGO’s director of editorial content, and the author of Playing…
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Take Five this week is packed with must-hear albums, just released or just ahead.Aaron Parks Little Big, “Siren”The confluence between modern jazz and…
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Luciana Souza, “Night Song”Poetry has always been more than a casual interest for Luciana Souza. You could even call it a birthright: she grew up in São…
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David Virelles, “Fitití Ñongo”Mystery is a great abiding constant in the music of the Cuban pianist David Virelles. Gnosis, his new album on ECM,…