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Remembering Clifford Brown

Drummer Roy Haynes - "Out of the Afternoon"

Tribute to John Coltrane: Live Under the Sky

Trumpeter Louis Smith -- "Here Comes Louis Smith" (with Cannonball Adderley)

Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. - Ain't No Sunshine/Inner City Blues

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter -- Schizophrenia and Tom Thumb

"Black Jazz Records" up for sale for $285,000

Music from Facebook friend and percussionist Gino Castillo

Remembering singer Abbey Lincoln

Happy 69th birthday, Jack DeJohnette

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread"

The Gene Ammons Story - "Organ Combos"

Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval's 'Americana' - A tribute to Dizzy

Wayne Shorter -- Music from "Beyond the Sound Barrier"

Frank Foster, the legendary saxophonist, composer/arranger, Rest in Peace

Concert photos from guitarist Assaf Kehati and his band in Boston

Trumpeter Donald Byrd -- "Ethiopian Knights"

James Newton - "If Love" with Billy Hart, Anthony Cox and Mike Cain

Happy 93rd birthday, Nelson Mandela; celebrating Coltrane

Pianist and composer Randy Weston -- "Blue Moses"

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders

Assaf Kehati -- jazz guitarist, composer and Facebook friend introduces new CD

Musicians honor Clifford Brown at his burial site

Tribute to saxophonist Don Byas

Bassist Paul Chambers -- "Trane's Strain" and more!

Happy Birthday, Eric Dolphy

Song for My Father on Father's Day -- Thank You Horace Silver

Art Ensemble of Chicago - People in Sorrow

Celebrating the life of singing legend Ella Fitzgerald

Hugh Masekela - Home is Where the Music Is

Celebrating the life of pianist Ray Bryant

Archie Shepp - Blase

Gil Scott-Heron - Rest in Peace (Playlist and commentary)

Tribute to Andrew Hill - One for One

Blakey and Coltrane: In honor of the Freedom Riders

Eric Dolphy - Bee Vamp (from The Great Concert of Eric Dolphy)

Art Blakey: Album of the Year (Recorded in Paris)

The Jazz Crusaders - Eleanor Rigby

Tribute to pianist Junior Mance

Resilient Aretha Franklin to kick off Toronto Jazz Festival

"Greatest hits" performances by Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard

Tribute to saxophonist Jackie McLean

Friends appreciation: Miles Davis-Footprints (1967 Stockholm)

A celebration of Bill Henderson's 85th birthday, March 19th! 53 years in music. Thanks Bill!

Happy Birthday, Nat King Cole

Guitarist Melvin Sparks, R.I.P. 1946-2011

Saxophonist Fred Anderson, once booed by peers, honored by Chicago jazz community

Freddie Hubbard and Benny Golson -- Together

So What! Let us count the ways!

Hank Jones and James Moody -- Fallen Warriors

Japan and Jazz: Thinking of the earthquake and Tsunami victims

Happy 81st Birthday, Ornette Coleman

Eugene McDaniels discusses famous composition "Compared to What"

Video: President Obama honors artists Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones and others

Nicholas Payton a free spirit; refuses to be pigeon-holed

Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins Among Medal of Arts Recipients

Tribute to saxophonist Harold Land

Happy Birthday, Dexter Gordon

Branford Marsalis touts drummer Faulkner in interview

Jazz singer Lena Horne's belongings net $316,000

Tribute to guitarist Calvin Keys

Lee Morgan - The Last Session

"Strange Fruit" - Billie Holiday's ugly song

McCoy Tyner's Expansions: The most definitive of his Blue Note recordings

George Shearing, ebullient jazz pianist, R.I.P.

Hot young pianist Gerald Clayton born into jazz experience

Trumpeter Eddie Henderson "scandalously underexposed"

Ever-evolving Wayne Shorter refuses to rest on reputation

Happy Birthday, Stan Getz

Happy Birthday, Sonny Stitt

Happy Birthday Etta James and Benny Golson -- Living Legends

Ray Charles and Oscar Peterson -- Blues Duet

Creed Taylor compilation includes previously unreleased Coltrane demos

Review: Chick Corea and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Dr. Billy Taylor's Memorial Service in NYC - Video

Jazz bassist William Parker: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield

Jazz: Tribute to trumpeter Blue Mitchell

Alleged Arizona gunman Jared Loughner a fan of Trane, Bird

Happy 80th Birthday, Horace Parlan

Jazz: Charles Earland and Lee Morgan - Intensity

Jazz master Arturo O'Farrill fulfills father's dream with trip to Cuba

Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Message to jazz musicians: Use available tools to promote yourselves

An interview with jazz creative leader Roscoe Mitchell

Chicago slates 4-month celebration of Miles Davis

Singer Etta James being treated for leukemia

Marsalis Family among 2011 NEA Jazz Masters

Jackie McLean protégés pack one-two punch

Outrage: Chicago NPR station disses national jazz broadcast

Jazz artists to be honored with postage stamps

Wynton Marsalis on "60 Minutes"

Bassist Charles Fambrough -- Rest in Peace

Another prominent jazz club goes down

Dr. Billy Taylor -- Rest in Peace

Make jazz part of your holiday season!

Reflections on Trudy Pitts

Tribute to Art Blakey, with Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan

Trudy Pitts Carney, jazz organist, vocalist -- R.I.P.

Jazz drummer Blackman, guitar legend Santana exchange vows