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Cécile McLorin Salvant's repertoire includes jazz standards, forgotten old songs, show tunes and originals.

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Music Interviews

Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'

Fresh Air

McLorin Salvant first studied classical voice, but turned to jazz because it offered her more range. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

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George Wallington on the cover of Variations.

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

George Wallington On Piano Jazz

The bop pianist joined Marian McPartland in 1985, not long after a hiatus of nearly 25 years.

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Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra are one of musician Jamie Cullum's favorite contemporary jazz acts.

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From Coltrane To The Club, A Few Fresh Sounds In Jazz

Musician Jamie Cullum visits Weekend Edition to share a roundup of favorite new releases from contemporary jazz acts.

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Kyle Eastwood.

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Kyle Eastwood On Piano Jazz

Hear a 1999 session with the bassist, who's since had a prolific career as a film and TV composer.

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Outside the Village Vanguard in New York.

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Jazz Night In America

Why Everyone Wants To Record 'Live At The Village Vanguard'

Bassist Christian McBride says that making his own album at the storied jazz club was like becoming part of a family. He knew: "We'd better bring it harder than we've brought it anywhere else before."

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Arturo O'Farrill leads the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in concert.

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Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program

Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center

An economic blockade between the U.S. and Cuba didn't prevent jazz from traveling between the countries. But what if the dialogue could flow freely? The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra wanted to find out.

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Margaret Whiting.

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Margaret Whiting On Piano Jazz

Over a decades-long career, Whiting sang everything from jazz and pop standards to country music.

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Mizan's Dark Blue EP comes out Nov. 6.

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Songs We Love

Songs We Love: Mizan, '7 Billion'

Watch the Ethiopian-raised singer/musician go it alone, as she contemplates the fragility of humanity, and reminds us of the magnitude of being one out of many.

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