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Terri Lyne Carrington at PDX Jazz in 2018 Mark Sheldon/PDX Jazz hide caption

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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

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Alison Shearer performs in Jazz Night's 2022 In Memoriam video NPR hide caption

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Jazz Night In America remembers the artists we've lost

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Drummer Nate Smith arranges funky grooves with strings attached

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BADBADNOTGOOD perform live at Brooklyn Steel. Jonathan Chimene/WBGO hide caption

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BADBADNOTGOOD steps into the psychedelic void

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma in front of the Whiteville Bus Station Sound Evidence/Courtesy of Artist hide caption

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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

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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

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Youngbloods: Pianist Sean Mason

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Emmet Cohen (left) and Houston Person (right) at Dizzy's Club. Gabriela Gabrielaa hide caption

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An American in Paris: organist Rhoda Scott's remarkable career in Jazz

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Theo Croker performs at Jacksonville Jazz Festival, October 1, 2021 Kim Reed/Courtesy of Artist hide caption

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