Michelle Mercer
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In 2013, jazz composer and alto saxophonist Caroline Davis got some troubling news: Her father had a potentially dangerous condition — arrhythmia. His heart was beating irregularly. Her concern for him lead to a unique, musical response, and a new album.
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Robert Glasper, Kendrick Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire and a handful of other Blue Note stars join forces on a new album called Our Point of View.
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The jazz saxophonist and composer's new album is a dense work that musically maps the sport of boxing.
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After leaving a successful career in Israel to earn his place in New York's jazz scene, the guitarist proudly bears the fruit of his labor on his first self-produced album.
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Freedom Jazz Dance, a new collection of outtakes from the Miles Smiles and Nefertiti sessions, shows us Davis as a productive professional — a contrast to the tortured genius seen on film lately.
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The pianist's new album places Latin standards at the center of instrumental jazz and offers creative experimentation with harmony and meter.
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The pianist and composer left his home country seven years ago. Michelle Mercer says Rodriguez's latest album is the sound of a prodigiously talented Cuban embracing the wider world of music.
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In a picturesque setting a few hours from Seoul, hundreds of thousands of millennials camp out for a three-day weekend of jazz. Its secret? It might just be that the music comes ... well, not first.
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After a tour through the Upper Midwest, the trumpeter pays tribute to the Norwegian settlers' arrival on the American plains with his new album, Midwest.
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NPR reviews the latest release from jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen, Luminosa.