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• Jan 7, 2010 When the National Endowment for the Arts informed Kenny Barron that he'd been named a Jazz Master — that's the highest honor in jazz that the nation bestows — "I was elated and surprised," Barron says. "And then I kept thinking, 'Damn, am I really this old?' "
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Stories of Standards—Bluesette Tune in weekday mornings for Stories of Standards to hear our favorite versions of “ Bluesette.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am starting Monday, February 22! Stories of Standards is sponsored by Composed in the key of B♭, “ Bluesette” (1961) was first recorded in 1961 and released in 1964 on “The Whistler and His Guitar” with Thielemans playing guitar and whistling; he said of it, “If there’s a piece of music that describes me, it’s that song.” Norman Gimbel added lyrics in 1964. T...
This story was updated at 9:28 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 11. The keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea — one of the most revered figures in
The wide-ranging keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9 of cancer. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own interpretations of Mozart.