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  • Hour 4: Bird at 100: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring, Gary Bartz, Bobby Watson

    Aug 25th, 2020 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Bobby Watson, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Gary Bartz, George Nazos, Harold Mabern, Jason Stein, Joe Lovano, Kenny Barron, Kurt Elling, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Tamuz Nissim, Vincent Herring

    Rudresh Mahanthappa Charlie Parker was born 100 years ago on August 29, 1920. Although he died at 34 years old in 1955, his legacy is so powerful that jazz would be a very different music if not for his contributions. In the intervening 65 years, Bird’s music has continued to influence and inspire, now, several […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 90: Art Blakey and the Young Lions (1981 – 1991)

    Dec 13th, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Art Blakey, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis, Donald Harrison Jr, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis As the 1970s came to a close, many musicians searching for alternatives to jazz-rock fusion or free jazz found a home in straight-ahead acoustic jazz. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, whose Blue Note contract was not renewed in 1964, had spent a decade in relative obscurity, when he came roaring back with […]

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