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News Articles: Genre: Jazz

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  • Music

Flea and the Honora Band: Tiny Desk Concert

After four decades as a founding member of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea goes solo with a stellar jazz band.

July 13, 2026
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By:
  • Kara Frame
Trumpeter Keyon Harrold backstage before the Miles Davis centennial concert at Carnegie Hall.

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  • Music

Keyon Harrold celebrates 100 years of Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall

To mark the occasion of Miles Davis' centennial, trumpeter Keyon Harrold put on a concert at Carnegie Hall and shared a candid conversation about the legend with Christian McBride.

June 26, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Geledi
Abdullah Ibrahim in Johanneburg, South Africa, in 2017.

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  • Obituaries

Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91

The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.

June 15, 2026
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By:
  • Martin Johnson
Ulmer shared with Jimi Hendrix a sense of intrepid danger in his guitar solos, along with the expressive timbral and textural devices that often call the word "psychedelic" to mind.

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  • Obituaries

James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86

The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.

June 08, 2026
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
US musician Sonny Rollins performs, 29 June 2006 in Vienne, southeastern France, during the opening of the Vienne Jazz Festival.

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  • Obituaries

Sonny Rollins, colossus of the saxophone, has died at 95

The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.

May 26, 2026
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By:
  • Howard Mandel
Miles Davis (seen here during a concert in New York's Central Park in 1969) might have been more compelled to self-reinvention than any other artist in the 20th century.

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  • Music

The Miles Davis century: The definition, and evolution, of cool

In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.

May 26, 2026
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Trumpeter and Cuban jazz performer Arturo Sandoval has released his 49th album.

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  • Music

On "SANGÚ," Arturo Sandoval reaches back and pays it forward

For more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now on a new record, he turns to family.

May 02, 2026
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By:
  • Ryan Benk and
  • Scott Simon
"I'm not really preaching to the musicians and the other artists," Martin says. "I do music for the person that's nine months late on their rent [and] ain't got no job but got two kids."

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  • Music Interviews

The transformation of Terrace Martin

After years spent as the go-to guy for a cross-pollinating L.A. music scene, the multi-hyphenate follows his spiritual mission inward for the sprawling series Love Is Louder Than The Algorithms.

April 16, 2026
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By:
  • Rodney Carmichael

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  • Music

Flea returns to his first love, jazz

Flea's first musical love wasn't rock. It was jazz. The iconic bassist joins Christian McBride to talk about his debut solo album, Honora, and his return to the music that started it all.

March 26, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Geledi and
  • Simon Rentner
Adam Gopnik, author and staff writer for <em>The New Yorker</em>, joins pianist Lara Downes to explore the story of American music and its immigrant roots.

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  • Music

Adam Gopnik salutes the immigrant experience that shaped American music

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

March 17, 2026
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By:
  • Lara Downes
Clockwise from top left: Ray Brown, John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston, Lou Donaldson, Randy Weston, Miles Davis and Tony Bennett.

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  • Music

Jazz centennials: Eight legends born in 1926

In 1926, a generation of artists was born that reshaped jazz for decades. This episode celebrates eight centennials, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Tony Bennett and more.

January 22, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Geledi

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  • Music

Three is not a crowd: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez are BEATrio

Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.

November 20, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Geledi
Jazz drummer and pianist Jack DeJohnette moved in multiple directions throughout his career.

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  • Music

Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

October 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Saxophonist Nicole Glover has performed with Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis and the all-star ensemble ARTEMIS.

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  • Music

Saxophonist Nicole Glover had to face herself to find her sound

Glover fought to build a life in music. From Portland, Ore., to New York City, her story traces resilience, creativity and the strength she found through sincerity.

October 17, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Springer and
  • Sarah Geledi
Christian McBride (right) and saxophonist Nicole Glover

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  • Music

Christian McBride is shepherding the next generation of jazz musicians

The composer and bandleader talks about his latest album and founding a new group called Ursa Major.

October 06, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Kimberly Junod
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