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The Giants of Mainstream Jazz plus today's most exciting straight-ahead emerging artists with contemporary vocals and spices of Blues and Latin Jazz.
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Rene Marie grew up in the segregated South, and has become one of the few jazz singers today whose talent and devotion to social issues have both won her attention. Case in point: her personal take on the national anthem.
Guitarist Julian Lage is a true jazz prodigy. Discovered by Gary Burton when he was just 12 years old, Lage has since played with Herbie Hancock, Joe Lovano and Carlos Santana. Lage shows off his amazing technique and improvisatory abilities on "My Funny Valentine" before teaming with McPartland on "You and the Night and the Music."
The Fourth of July is a birthday party and the whole country is invited. And every party needs music. Whether meditating on America's landscape, its freedoms or the things about it that frustrate us, America is ripe for inspiration, as evidenced by the songs here.
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Fri Jun 19, 2009 — Jeffrey Callison talks with jazz host Paul Conley about the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies.
Fri Apr 3, 2009 — This week the Stockton Symphony, conducted by Peter Jaffe, premieres "Ansel Adams: America," a new orchestral, multi-media work created by jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his son Chris in honor of photography pioneer Ansel Adams.
Fri Feb 27, 2009 — Jazz is often called America’s greatest cultural export. For nearly a century it has influenced musicians on every continent. Now, musicians like Amina Figarova are returning the favor, infusing jazz with an ever-increasing global quality.
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