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Why Cherokee?
How did Cherokee become the jam session warhorse it is today?
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Start Here
Start Here: Discover Wynton Kelly’s Liner Notes
A Backstage Pass to the World of Music through Conversations, Stories and Analysis
May 28, 2025
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Marsalis Retrospective
A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part VI
Marsalis discussed his legacy, influence, and the making of Black Codes
Feb 27
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part V
Views from the next generation of musicians
Feb 20
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part IV
Critics, Reception and Legacy
Feb 6
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part III
The personnel of the Black Codes
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part II
Between Miles and Trane: The Musical Influences on Black Codes
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective — Black Codes (From the Underground): Part I
Black Codes and the Cultural and Musical Landscape of the 1980s
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Wynton Marsalis: A Composer’s Retrospective
An In-Depth Exploration of the Structure, Purpose, and the Broader Cultural and Critical Contexts of the Compositional Legacy of Wynton Marsalis
Jan 9
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Stories Between the Notes
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Remembering Phil Schaap
A reflection on the late great Phil Schaap. Every year on my birthday, Phil would give me a shoutout on his radio show. This year, I wanted to return…
Jun 26
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Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — From Reconstruction to Convergence
Part II: How the Collapse of Creole Political Power Gave Birth to a Musical World
Apr 24
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Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — The Creole World of New Orleans
Part I: The History Behind the Man Who Claimed to Invent Jazz
Apr 10
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We Three: Phineas, Frank and Me
The story of my first encounter with the music of Phineas Newborn.
Oct 16, 2025
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My Appasionata Summer
Beethoven, Hemingway, chess and the lessons that prepared me for my journey ahead
Sep 4, 2025
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If You Were Here
Notes on a friendship
Aug 14, 2025
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Echoes from Santiago de Cuba
My journey to a forbidden country placed me in a lineage I didn't yet know was mine to inherit
Aug 7, 2025
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Playing Bach
Bach taught me the most self evident truths about piano playing
Jul 24, 2025
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Trading Twelves
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A Conversation with Ryosuke Kiyasu
An interview with Ryosuke Kiyasu on improvisation, limitation, and creating a musical narrative from a single snare drum.
Jul 24
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A Conversation with Thurgood Bartholomew
The Louisville rapper discusses his 30 year career, fatherhood, and his refusal to hang it up
Jun 12
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A Conversation with Guga Stroeter, Pt. 2
A Look Inside a Garden of Brazilian Music
Mar 27
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A Conversation with Guga Stroeter, Pt. 1
A Look Inside a Garden of Brazilian Music
Mar 20
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Form and Function
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Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — An Orchestra at the Piano
A Conversation with Aaron Diehl on the Challenge and Genius of Jelly Roll Morton
May 29
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Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — The Musical Language of New Orleans
Part III: How Jelly Roll Morton Defined Jazz
May 8
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Stevie Wonder Taught Me Harmony
A teenage obsession became a foundation for how I hear music
Mar 13
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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Monk's Masterclass in Comping
Melody, form, and silence in “Stuffy Turkey”
Sep 11, 2025
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Bethena
A look at one of Scott Joplin's most novel and personal compositions
Aug 28, 2025
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