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Carlos Nino Todd Weaver/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Monday
David Sanborn, seen here performing in New York City in 2011. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Pulitzer-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey. John Rogers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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You could call Dua Lipa's third album, Radical Optimism, the further adventures in the pop music time machine. Tyrone Lebon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The 2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert National Endowment for the Arts hide caption
Shabaka Hutchings has released a fantastic new album under his first name titled Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace. Atiba Jefferson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Our hosts are digging the new album by Gaby Moreno. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100
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The Grammy's newest categories acknowledge a boom for African music and modern jazz
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Dua Lipa, whose 2020 album Future Nostalgia produced multiple '80s and '90s pop-inspired hits, has released a new single, "Houdini," that hints at another layer of retro revival. Tyrone Lebon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tuesday
Les McCann performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974. Tom Copi/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
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Billie Eilish is nominated for six Grammys at the 2024 awards ceremony. Five of those nominations are for her song "What Was I Made For," from the soundtrack to the film Barbie. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Wayne Shorter performs during the Marciac Jazz festival in southern France in 2005. Two recent tribute projects each aim to capture the wandering spirit of the late saxophonist. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Jon Batiste performs at the Newport Folk Festival on Aug. 5. Batiste, a riveting live performer who has led the band at The Late Show and won an album of the year Grammy, just released a studio album, World Music Radio, that feels like an attempt to consolidate his billowing talent into a stable unit, like squeezing a genie back into the bottle. Vincent Alban/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Finalists of the American Pianists Awards American Pianists Association hide caption
Relive the 2023 American Pianists Awards from Indianapolis
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Relive the 2023 American Pianists Awards from Indianapolis
Prolific drummer Brian Blade leads his enduring Fellowship Band on the newly released Kings Highway. Mimi Chakarova/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Composer Ted Hearne's new choral work, FARMING, takes its texts from Jeff Bezos and William Penn to explore connections between farming, colonialism and capitalism. Peter English/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
Regina Bain, executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, leads a ribbon-cutting for the brand-new Louis Armstrong Center on June 29 in Queens, New York. Bowery Image Group/Andrew Kelly for Louis Armstrong House Museum hide caption
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Peter Brötzmann, photographer in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2010. Marek Lazarski/Wikipedia hide caption
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John Coltrane (left) and Eric Dolphy on stage at the Village Gate in New York City in the summer of 1961. A recording of the performance, once thought lost, was recently discovered in the New York Public Library. Herb Snitzer/Courtesy of Impulse! Records hide caption
John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy's fearless experiment sets a new album ablaze
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Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily perform a Tiny Desk concert. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
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Q Marsden's debut album, Soul,PRESENT tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on May 5. Willem Verbeeck/Courtesy of the artist hide caption