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Nikki Birch
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Our favorite jazz releases of the month — from traditional tunes to avant-garde adventures to electronic experiments — picked by the Jazz Night in America staff.
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Bassist John Patitucci and his wife, cellist Sachi Patitucci, perform a moving ballad to celebrate the musicians we lost in 2021.
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'Tis the season for spending time with the ones we love. Here's a collection of the Jazz Night team's favorite holiday music, including timeless classics and a few brand-new bops.
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Literally sparkling, Owens captivated the room with her masterful playing and exuberant charm.
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The Jazz Night In America producer shares her favorite albums and songs of 2021.
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Watch the folk-soul singer-songwriter perform four songs from her new album, in defense of my own happiness.
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The prolific bassist and two-time Grammy-nominated producer and guitarist come together to distill the sonic creativity of their album, Notes With Attachments.
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The Richmond, Va., band floats between jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul. Watch the group's rooftop Tiny Desk performance.
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The rising jazz flutist blends Afrofuturistic jazz and Haitian folk in a transfixing Tiny Desk quarantine concert for our Black History Month celebration.
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Grammy-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold performs "Ethereal Souls" for Jazz Night In America's tribute to the jazz musicians we lost in 2020.