Jazz Night In America Jazz Night In America is a public radio program, a video concert documentary series, and an online home for the music, from NPR Music, WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz Night In America
2023 NEA Jazz Masters (left to right): Louis Hayes (photo by Janette Beckman), Regina Carter (photo by Jeff Dunn), Kenny Garrett (photo by Jimmy Katz), Sue Mingus (Photo courtesy Mingus Archives) National Endowment for the Arts hide caption
Jazz Night toasts the NEA Jazz Masters class of 2023
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Terri Lyne Carrington at PDX Jazz in 2018 Mark Sheldon/PDX Jazz hide caption
Terri Lyne Carrington: Trailblazer, Advocate and NEA Jazz Master
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Samara Joy Meredith Truax hide caption
From gospel to TikTok to vocal big shot: the rise of Samara Joy
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Wayne Shorter, photographed during a live performance at the Town & Country Club in London in April 1987. Fin Costello/Redferns hide caption
Exploring the many orbits of jazz legend Wayne Shorter
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John Zorn in performance in New York. Jonathan Chimene/WBGO hide caption
'This is not entertainment': John Zorn, all over Big Ears
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Alison Shearer performs in Jazz Night's 2022 In Memoriam video NPR hide caption
Jazz Night In America remembers the artists we've lost
Stream Jazz Night in America's playlist of holiday music. NPR hide caption
Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O Chris Pizzolo/Courtesy of Artist hide caption
Yule dig? Celebrate the holidays with drummer Matt Wilson's festive Christmas Tree-O
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Nate Smith + KINFOLK with Strings Youtube hide caption
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Drummer Nate Smith arranges funky grooves with strings attached
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Drummer Nate Smith arranges funky grooves with strings attached
BADBADNOTGOOD perform live at Brooklyn Steel. Jonathan Chimene/WBGO hide caption
BADBADNOTGOOD steps into the psychedelic void
Jamaaladeen Tacuma in front of the Whiteville Bus Station Sound Evidence/Courtesy of Artist hide caption
Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma reflects on his journey down a 'Dirt Road' in N. Carolina
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Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, one of five young jazz artists included in Jazz Night's inaugural class of Youngbloods. Rog Walker/Amna Ijaz/NPR hide caption
Youngbloods: Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
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Pianist Sean Mason, one of five young jazz artists included in Jazz Night's inaugural class of Youngbloods. Martina DaSilva/Amna Ijaz/NPR hide caption
Youngbloods: Pianist Sean Mason
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Youngbloods: Pianist Sean Mason
Photo: Jimmy Katz, Graphics: Amna Ijaz Jimmy Katz hide caption
Youngbloods: Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan
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Damien Sneed at Dizzy's Club NPR hide caption
Photo: Zeph Colombatto; Graphics: Amna Ijaz Zeph Colombatto hide caption
Youngbloods: Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson
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Emmet Cohen (left) and Houston Person (right) at Dizzy's Club. Gabriela Gabrielaa hide caption
Pianist Emmet Cohen hosts a Harlem rent party for the modern day
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Rhoda Scott Alexandre Lacombe/Alexandre Lacombe hide caption
An American in Paris: organist Rhoda Scott's remarkable career in Jazz
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An American in Paris: organist Rhoda Scott's remarkable career in Jazz
Theo Croker performs at Jacksonville Jazz Festival, October 1, 2021 Kim Reed/Courtesy of Artist hide caption
Jazz renegade Theo Croker returns to his Jacksonville roots
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Gary Bartz Jonathan Chimene/WBGO hide caption
From bebop to hip-hop: Gary Bartz's sax sound shapes many eras
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Mose Allison Gai Terrell/Redferns hide caption
Honoring the iconic blues and ironic humor of Mose Allison
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