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A founder of the Newport Folk Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — and perhaps the most important jazz impresario of all time — died Monday.
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Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.
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ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL1.JOHNNY TUCKER FEAT.KID RAMOS &THE ALL-STARS/ 75 AND ALIVE / BLUE HEART2.CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM / 662 /…
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The Karnofsky Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its outsized impact on Louis Armstrong's life. The family that lived there encouraged him to pursue music.
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Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Panthéon in Paris 46 years after her death. The famed entertainer will be the first Black woman to receive the honor. Scott Simon reflects on her legacy.
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Watts, famous for his potent beat and unflappable style, featured on all 26 Rolling Stones studio albums and numerous live albums.
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ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL1.CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM / 662 / ALLIGATOR2.TIFFANY POLLACK & CO. / BAYOU LIBERTY / NOLA BLUE3.SEAN CHAMBERS / THAT'S…
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We take you to the Exit Zero Jazz Festival with three sets from: piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker; New Orleans vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, and master conguero Pedrito Martinez.
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The NEA celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jazz Masters Fellowship and inducts the class of 2022, including four jazz icons: Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson and Donald Harrison, Jr.
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ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL1.DEB RYDER / MEMPHIS MOONLIGHT / VIZZTONE2.TIA CARROLL / YOU GOTTA HAVE IT / LITTLE VILLAGE3.ROBERT FINLEY /…