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A Conversation with Aaron Diehl Part 2
Pianist Aaron Diehl discusses the music of Mary Lou Williams.
Dec 11
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Start Here
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Start Here: Discover Wynton Kelly’s Liner Notes
A Backstage Pass to the World of Music through Conversations, Stories and Analysis
May 28
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Stories Between the Notes
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We Three: Phineas, Frank and Me
The story of my first encounter with the music of Phineas Newborn.
Oct 16
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My Appasionata Summer
Beethoven, Hemingway, chess and the lessons that prepared me for my journey ahead
Sep 4
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If You Were Here
Notes on a friendship
Aug 14
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Echoes from Santiago de Cuba
Back in 2001, my dad went to Havana, Cuba with his friend and photographer Frank Stewart to lay the groundwork for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra…
Aug 7
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Playing Bach
Bach taught me the most self evident truths about piano playing
Jul 24
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The Entertainer & The J Master
One of the hallmarks of childhood is impatience.
Jul 10
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Hot Bean Strut: The Spark
The story of my first jazz obsession and how it sparked a lifelong journey through rhythm, language, and culture.
Jun 5
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A Tale of Two Wyntons
How the music of Wynton Kelly and Wynton Marsalis shaped my life before I ever knew it.
May 29
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Trading Twelves
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A Conversation with Aaron Diehl Part 2
Pianist Aaron Diehl discusses the music of Mary Lou Williams.
Dec 11
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A Conversation with Aaron Diehl Part 1
Pianist Aaron Diehl discusses his upbringing, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, and finding your own voice in jazz
Dec 4
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A Conversation with Davis Whitfield
Jazz pianist Davis Whitfield talks on his childhood in Jersey City, the music and musicians that shaped him, and what it means for him to carry the name…
Nov 7
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Frank Stewart on Phineas Newborn
Reflections from the pianist's stepson
Oct 23
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Form and Function
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Nina Simone: Don’t Call Me a Jazz Musician
How a Classical Pianist Revived Classical Improvisation in Her “Black Classical Music”
Nov 21
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Mary Lou Williams: The Unseen Force Behind Jazz Innovation
How Mary Lou Williams Bridged Eras, Mentored Innovators, and Re-shaped Jazz History
Nov 14
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Composer of America, Not Just American
From Congo Square to the Caribbean, Gottschalk reminds us that America has always been connected.
Oct 3
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Monk's Masterclass in Comping
Melody, form, and silence in “Stuffy Turkey”
Sep 11
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Bethena
A look at one of Scott Joplin's most novel and personal compositions
Aug 28
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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No.2
Don't judge a piece of music by its popularity or ascribed importance or lack there of.
Jul 31
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Sinners and the Blues
An Analysis of the Blues as Storyform
Jun 19
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