Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins talks about the impact that winning a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship will have on his art. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #ImmanuelWilkins www.npr.org/2026/10/10/n...

'Genius grant' winner Immanuel Wilkins explains how he weaves Black history into his music

Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins talks about the impact that winning a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship will have on his art.

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McCoy Tyner - p Gary Bartz - sax Claudio Roditi - tr Steve Turre - tb Avery Sharpe - b Johnny Martin - timbales Giovanni Hidaigo - congas Aaron Scott - dr #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #McCoyTyner youtube.com/watch?v=F2pe...

McCoy Tyner & The Latin All Stars at "Jazz A Vienne" 1998

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To Be Or To Bop explores Harold Land’s West Coast Blues! An all-star rhythm section with Barry Harris, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes, plus the great Wes Montgomery. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #ToBeOrNotToBop #HaroldLand youtube.com/watch?v=fY7J...

This 1960 Jazz Record Deserves WAY More Attention | Harold Land – West Coast Blues!

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Trumpeter and composer Jeremy Pelt knew he wanted to be a professional musician by the third grade. "If you'd ask my mother, she would tell you that all I did was eat, sleep, and drink music. That was it.“ #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #JeremyPelt www.knkx.org/podcast/stud...

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt celebrates jazz legacy on stage and in print

As he makes his own way in jazz, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt mentors his young band and captures the stories of his musician peers in his book, Griot.

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Born in New Jersey, Emily Remler traversed the world with her talent, before her life was cut short at 32. Now, director Al Naffah is bringing her story to the screen. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #EmilyRemler www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...

“I don’t think a film can define her legacy – she did that through her playing. But it can help more people hear it”: Jazz virtuoso Emily Remler has gone unnoticed for far too long – now, one filmmake...

Born in New Jersey, Emily Remler traversed the world with her talent, before her life was cut short at 32. Now, director Al Naffah is bringing her story to the screen

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Trumpeter and singer Keyon Harrold has a particular philosophy when it comes to bringing modern influences to his music. "I wouldn't even limited to jazz and hip-hop. I would say all music. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #KeyonHarrold www.knkx.org/podcast/stud...

Trumpeter Keyon Harrold makes jazz like a Power Rangers 'Megazord'

Trumpeter Keyon Harrold compares his love for musical storytelling and unique combination of jazz and hip-hop to beloved media from his youth.

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Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba stopped by Alt Latino to chat with Felix Contreras about their own personal histories with jazz and its lineage in their respective countries. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #AltLatino www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...

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Jazz has often been called America's musical gift to the world. This week's guests remind us not only of the well-documented ways that Cuba revolutionized that gift, but also how it blossomed in South...

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1965 was remarkably transformative year in Coltrane’s history. The recording One Down, One Up takes us right to March 26, 1965. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic www.freejazzblog.org/2026/09/john...

John Coltrane 100: Exploring the Archives

Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media

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Then there are the rare artists who are both avant-gardists and traditionalists, who single-handedly move things forward. That is a good single-sentence description of the masterful contemporary jazz musician David Murray. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic daily.bandcamp.com/lists/david-...

David Murray is History

The saxophonist is a central figure in the story of jazz in the ‘80s and beyond.

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Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax / William Parker - bass / Hamid Drake - drums New World Pygmies performed and recorded at Vision Festival 23 on May 28, 2018 at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMoL...

Jemeel Moondoc / William Parker / Hamid Drake | New World Pygmies

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An Evening with Ron Carter ➤ Emmet Cohen - Piano ➤ Ron Carter - Bass ➤ Mike Rodriguez - Trumpet ➤ Joe Farnsworth - Drums #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #RonCarter #EmmetCohen #JoeFarnsworth #MikeRodriguez www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8p...

An Evening with Ron Carter at Emmet’s Place

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Thelonious Monk Quartet in Poland 1966 Thelonious Monk - piano Charles Rouse - tenor Lawrence Gales - bass Benjamin Riley - drums #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #TheloniusMonk www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmO...

Thelonious Monk Quartet in Poland April 1966

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John Coltrane Quintet - Düsseldorf 1960 Musicians: John Coltrane - tenor saxophone Stan Getz - tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly - piano Oscar Peterson - piano Paul Chambers - bass Jimmy Cobb - drums #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #JohnColtrane www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBHG...

John Coltrane Quintet - Dusseldorf 1960

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Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap Birdland July 24th 2025, 7:00pm Show Renee Rosnes (piano) Bill Charlap (piano) #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #ReneeRosnes #BillCharlap www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7or...

Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap July 24th 2025, 7:00pm Show

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Miles Davis Live in Berlín 1969 Personel: Miles Davis - Trumpet Jack DeJohnette - drums Dave Holland - bass Chick Corea - keys Wayne Shorter - sax #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #MilesDavis www.youtube.com/watch?v=cex5...

Miles Davis Live in Berlin 1969

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Milt Jackson: Vibraphone Michael Ledonne: Piano Ira Coleman: Bass Mickey Roker: Drums Live at the Satin Doll in Ginza 1989. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #MiltJackson www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUvo...

Milt Jackson Live at Satin Doll in Ginza 1989

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Live at Jazzcultural 09/18/2026 Antonio Hart / Alto Sax Mejedi Owusu / Trumpet Richard Johnson / Piano Alex "Apolo" Ayala / Bass Jerome Jennings / Drums 349 West 46th Street, NYC, 10706 www.smallslive.com www.jazzcultural.com #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=USWV...

Live From Jazzcultural - Antonio Hart Quintet - 09/18/2026

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The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. The 2026 recipients are: Carmen Lundy, Airto Moreira, Patrice Rushen, and Rhonda Hamilton.. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMyh...

2026 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

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Ravi Coltrane shares personal anecdotes about John Coltrane’s recording history and process, while reflecting on the revolutionary legacy that made jazz what it is today. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #RaviColtrane #JohnColtrane youtube.com/watch?v=0X-A...

Ravi Coltrane Teaches Us How to Listen to his Father’s Catalog

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Cassandra Wilson, who died Sept. 1, spiced her singing with funk, hip-hop and blues. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and Terry Gross's 1988 interview with Wilson. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #CassandraWilson www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...

Remembering jazz singer Cassandra Wilson

Wilson, who died Sept. 1, spiced her singing with funk, hip-hop and blues. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Terry's 1988 interview with Wilson.

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Ahead of John Coltrane’s centennial, listen deeply to his 1965 spiritual jazz masterpiece Love Supreme as Ravi Coltrane, Lalah Hathaway and other musicians and writers reflect on its legacy. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #JohnColtrane www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/a...

5 Minutes to Make You Love John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ (Gift Article)

Ahead of John Coltrane’s centennial, listen deeply to his 1965 spiritual jazz masterpiece as Ravi Coltrane, Lalah Hathaway and other musicians and writers reflect on its legacy.

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How Minneapolis helped jazz legend Jack McDuff turn over a new leaf Brother Jack McDuff’s centennial birthday on Sept. 17 provides an opportunity to dig into the late organist’s Twin Cities renaissance in the ’90s. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #JackMcDuff www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...

How Minneapolis helped jazz legend Jack McDuff turn over a new leaf

Brother Jack McDuff's centennial birthday provides an opportunity to dig into the late organist's Twin Cities renaissance in the '90s.

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Terri Lynn Carrington’s socially conscious fire continues to burn with her latest project, Trip The Night Fantastic (Candid), recorded with Aaron Parks, Matthew Stevens and Morgan Guerin, Carrington’s cohorts in Social Science. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic downbeat.com/news/detail/...

Terri Lyne Carrington: Fight Songs for Dancing

“Toni Morrison said that during these kinds of more critical times, ‘Artists go to work.’ So the one thing I do feel is that our work right now as artists is more important than ever.” Looking at the ...

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When SFJAZZ CEO Gabrielle Armand brought three good friends onto the Miner Auditorium stage to play a set in living memory of the great bassist Ray Brown. She left the settling auditorium with “two words: Christian McBride.” #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic www.sfcv.org/articles/rev...

Christian McBride and Friends Celebrate Ray Brown and the Art of “Forward Motion”

McBride and longtime companions Benny Green and Gregory Hutchinson paid tribute to the great bassist and mentor.

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Wynton Marsalis, the famed jazz trumpeter and composer, premiered his hourlong Symphony No. 5, nicknamed “Liberty” and written for the 250th anniversary of the United States. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #WyntonMarsalis www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/a...

A Wynton Marsalis Symphony Sees the Potential in America (Gift Article)

This famed trumpeter and composer premiered his Fifth Symphony, “Liberty,” which blends a jazz ensemble and a traditional orchestra.

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Jazz journalist Morgan Enos interviews singer/composer Gretchen Parlato. Her new album, The Wise Ones, features bassist and guitarist Alan Hampton and drummer Mark Guiliana, with an outstanding list of guests. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #GretchenParlato ukjazznews.com/gretchen-par...

Mondays with Morgan: Gretchen Parlato – new album ‘The Wise Ones’ - UK Jazz News

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and singer/composer Gretchen Parlato. Her new album, The Wise Ones, features bassist and guitarist Alan Hampton and drummer Mark Guili...

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On the evening of September 8, jazz’s shiniest young star Samara Joy made her San Francisco Symphony debut at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The night sought to celebrate a blend of jazz and classical music. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #SamaraJoy www.dailycal.org/arts/music/c...

Samara Joy proves dreams come true in San Francisco Symphony debut

On the evening of September 8, jazz’s shiniest young star Samara Joy made her San Francisco Symphony debut at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall.

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Christian McBride a bassist, bandleader, composer and educator, has been called one of the hardest-working men in jazz. He has performed with jazz icons and artists like Sting and Billie Eilish. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #ChristianMcBride www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl5j...

What makes Christian McBride the hardest-working man in jazz

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Mo Rocca talks with Ron Carter about the musicians in the iconic photo "A Great Day in Harlem" taken by Art Kane August 12, 1958. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #RonCarter youtube.com/watch?v=eUrE...

Ron Carter - CBS Sunday Morning August 23, 2026 - #roncarterbassist

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John Coltrane would have turned 100 on Sept. 23. We speak to his son Ravi, also a tenor saxophonist, and we revisit a 1998 interview with Elvin Jones, a drummer who performed and recorded with Coltrane. #Jazz #Music #JazzSky #JazzMusic #JohnColtrane #RaviColtrane www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...