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Jazz band the EarRegulars stop in for live music and conversation
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We have a great, entertaining show for you as you head into the holiday weekend. Trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso…
An appreciation of Von Freeman, the patron saint of Chicago jazz musicians
The tenor saxophonist, who died in 2012, would have been 100 on Oct. 3. Freeman's weekly jam session at the New Apartment Lounge on Chicago's South Side became an international…
Fresh Air Weekend: ‘Barbie’ casting director Allison Jones; Nazi jazz…
James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini and Seth Rogen…
Jazz up store-bought rotisserie chicken with spice and umami in one spoonful
By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL - Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Spicy and loaded with umami, gochujang is one of the foundations of Korean cooking,…
Legendary pop vocalist Tony Bennett dies at 96 after seven-year battle with…
Legendary pop, jazz and big-band vocalist Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96 after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed the news of Tony’s…
Nina Simone’s lost set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival released as an album
By Associated Press
NEW YORK: Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the legendary artist’s set at the Newport Jazz…
NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz
Terence Blanchard performs at the International Jazz Day…
Chennai band Many Things releases its debut album that fuses jazz, rock, classical…
The cross-genre band is a trio ensemble
| Photo Credit: special arrangement
There is feverish tension in the air as the tempo of the song builds from a gentle hum to a roaring crescendo.…
Remembering the divas who shaped jazz history
When Hoagy Carmichael composed ‘The Nearness Of You’ in 1937, using lyrics by Ned Washington, he probably never imagined it would be covered by so many musicians. From Frank Sinatra and…