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The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz for the prestigious honor.

Drummer Tony Allen helped establish Afrobeat as a politically charged, socially conscious, eminently danceable musical force. 

Sarah Geledi left her job in advertising in Montreal to pursue a career in music in New York City. She fulfilled that mission, producing content for the JAM Festival at WBGO, segments for The Checkout, and programs for WWOZ and PRI's Afropop Worldwide. She also served as a producer for NYC Winter Jazzfest before landing the "job of her dreams," producing radio for Jazz Night in America.

At the same time the LP also preserves the special relationship Tré shared with his grandfather who passed away earlier this year - this was the music the two shared. Along with the announcement, Tré Burt shares the LP’s lead single, the jubilant “Santiago,” which recounts an overseas tryst that ended too soon.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Bobby Hutcherson on Blue Note The 85th anniversary celebration of Blue Note Records continues as host Craig Kessler presents a wonderful variety of tunes from Bobby Hutcherson’s long-time association with the label. Craig explores many of the 50-plus recordings Hutcherson made during … Continue reading

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Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases article by Kyle Simpler, published on April 13, 2023 at All About Jazz. Find more Journey into Jazz articles

WBGO’s Nicole Sweeney talks with trumpeter and educator Terell Stafford about his journey as a jazz educator and his approach to teaching the music at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Detroit-based quintet plays music in a style once futuristic and now, in its reminders of Miles Davis's Bitches Brew period, retrospective

The MC and producer gave us a track-by-track breakdown of his latest project