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Mary Halvorson: You can lose yourself in music for a minute. It’s healing for people: Video, Photos
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Max Roach at 100: Part 3 – His duos, 1976 – 1982: Videos, Photos
“The information as to the technique of the music, is usually passed down, as Charles Mingus has often said, from…
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Lewis Porter graciously shared three choruses of a 1938 performance of “After You’ve Gone” played by tenor saxophonist Lester Young…
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