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Jazz musicians have always been my biggest superheroes. Growing up in Bed-Stuy, these mythical gods and goddesses have often supplanted the absent familial

WBGO's Nate Chinen reflects on the year in jazz.

More than most, 2021 was a year of mixed results — an endless scroll of gains and losses, halting progress and hard retrenchment. For jazz musicians and

Nostalgia tends to dominate our respective listening habits. This year saw the excavation of various titles from the annals of time.

Nostalgia tends to dominate our respective listening habits. This year saw the excavation of various titles from the annals of time.

Every few years, a new jazz artist (or at least new to us) comes along to shake our perception of what the music can entail. In 2015, it was Kamasi

More than most, 2021 was a year of mixed results — an endless scroll of gains and losses, halting progress and hard retrenchment. For jazz musicians and

More than most, 2021 was a year of mixed results — an endless scroll of gains and losses, halting progress and hard retrenchment. For jazz musicians and

Nostalgia tends to dominate our respective listening habits. This year saw the excavation of various titles from the annals of time.

Nostalgia tends to dominate our respective listening habits. This year saw the excavation of various titles from the annals of time.