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Wynton Marsalis performs during "Live from Here" at The Town Hall on Oct. 12, 2019, in New York City. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption
Kamasi Washington Vincent Haycock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kamasi Washington on World Cafe
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Abdullah Ibrahim Marina Umari/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's Made in America Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bob James performs a Tiny Desk concert. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
David Sanborn, seen here performing in New York City in 2011. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption
Gary Bartz performs a Tiny Desk concert. Estefania Mitre/NPR hide caption
Morgan Guerin Chase Guerin/Courtesy of Artist hide caption
There are multi-instrumentalists and then there's Morgan Guerin
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
There are multi-instrumentalists and then there's Morgan Guerin
Pulitzer-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey. John Rogers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kiefer performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
The 2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert National Endowment for the Arts hide caption
circa 1955: Studio portrait of Trinidadian-born jazz pianist and vocalist Hazel Scott, wearing a black dress with thin sheer panels, leaning against a white piano. Scott trained at the Julliard School. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Tommy Emmanuel Simone Cecchetti/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Jazz Underground pushes at the corners of hard bop and hip-hop. PETER LueDERS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mary Stallings performs with Emmet Cohen Trio at Dizzy's Club in December 2021. Left to right: Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Stallings, Joe Farnsworth Gabriela Gabrielaa hide caption
Subtle, relaxed and swinging — there's something about Mary Stallings
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Subtle, relaxed and swinging — there's something about Mary Stallings
Norah Jones Joelle Grace Taylor/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kamasi Washington's "Prologue" will give you chills of the body and thrills of the mind. B+/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pianist and composer Kelly Moran translates her love of figure skating into the luxuriant "Butterfly Phase." YouTube hide caption
Portrait of American jazz musician, composer and band leader Jackie McLean, Hartford, Conn., 1979. Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption