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Courtesy of Christian McBrideChristian McBride and John Clayton celebrate the centennial of their mentor, the legendary bassist Ray Brown, with stories and music. -
Joey Adarkwah/Courtesy of the artistJackson and Scott-Heron created some of most memorable protest music of the early '70s, through the duo’s combination of jazz, soul, funk and spoken word poetry. Fifty years later, Jackson’s new album, Now More Than Ever, revisits some of their most iconic songs.
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The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson. -
The 2024 Grammy winner goes big on her new five-part, 20-track album. -
After four decades as a founding member of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea goes solo with a stellar jazz band. -
Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C. -
To mark the occasion of Miles Davis' centennial, trumpeter Keyon Harrold put on a concert at Carnegie Hall and shared a candid conversation about the legend with Christian McBride. -
World Cafe sits down with a Grammy Award-winning jazz master as part of its Sense of Place: Philadelphia series. -
The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid. -
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career. -
Bill Frisell performs a song made famous by Barbra Streisand, live for World Cafe. -
In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.
