Nate Chinen
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Bill Frisell, an elite jazz guitarist, teams up with bassist Thomas Morgan to imagine a playful riff on this 007 theme.
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On March 29, 1992, Betty Carter performed The Music Never Stops at Alice Tully Hall in New York. This spring, that classic concert can be relived once again.
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Tony Bennett paired up with Diana Krall to perform George Gershwin's "Fascinating Rhythm." An entire album from the pair is due out Sept. 14.
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The jazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia isn't a pyrotechnics specialist or a speed demon; her main concern is the strength of her bond with the groove.
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The bleak pathos of Bill Withers' original is tempered in this arrangement, which José James bends into a funk jam.
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Monday night's presentation of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters fellowships, coming under the shadow of a proposed presidential budget that would eliminate the NEA outright, mixed politics with grace.