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How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
8:27 AM on 02/25/2010
VIDEO - In a city so rich with landmarks and world history, it's no wonder there is an endless list of exhibits, museums, and music halls one can visit to celebrate Black History Month.
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Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
8:13 AM on 02/16/2010
OPINION - Over the past month, a handful of international artists have released albums that speak to the varied experiences within the African Diaspora...
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NBC's Lester Holt: America 'can never forget our jazz roots'
8:08 AM on 02/10/2010
VIDEO - "Jazz is a part of American history. It's a uniquely American art form and certainly black Americans were a big part of those early roots"...
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TheGrio's 100: Jason Moran, the future of jazz
8:00 AM on 02/04/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Fellow musicians and leagues of fans have labeled Moran the future of jazz...
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TheGrio's 100: Wynton Marsalis, a jazz legend plays on
9:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Everyone knows that Wynton Marsalis lives and breathes by his trumpet...
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TheGrio's 100: Darin Atwater, the jazziest conductor to date
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As conductor of the Baltimore-based Soulful Symphony, Atwater is a trailblazer in the orchestral world...
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Mississippi Blues Trail honors jazz vocalist
7:15 AM on 01/09/2010
Jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson can easily explain why the Mississippi Blues Trail would embrace jazz artists...
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Happy reading! TheGrio's holiday book wish list
8:37 AM on 12/17/2009
REVIEW - Do your friends really need another fruitcake this year? When in doubt, make a holiday gift more personal -- and palatable, with one of these great titles.
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Ella Fitzgerald is rediscovered through lost recordings
10:37 AM on 12/16/2009
VIDEO - Jazz lovers have new music to groove to from a familiar voice: Ella Fitzgerald's. But this music is not new at all. It comes from recordings made nearly half a century ago...
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Stimulus is music to jazz artists' ears
7:45 AM on 11/24/2009
VIDEO - Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit group that assists struggling veteran musicians, Bertha Hope has one gig that she can always count on...
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Fan's kidney donation gives jazz musician an encore
7:13 AM on 11/10/2009
VIDEO - In 1999, doctors diagnosed jazz musician David Ware with kidney failure. By December 2008, his dialysis treatment stopped working and a transplant was his only hope...
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Billie Holiday statue rededicated 50 years after her death
1:56 PM on 07/17/2009
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism message of "Strange Fruit"...
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Michelle jazzes up the White House
6:54 PM on 06/15/2009
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama had the White House jamming with the smooth jazz of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo Marsalis, as well as music from Sean Jones, Stephen C. Massey, Todd Williams, Eli Yamin and others. The event was for the White House Music Series which features artists...
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Man leaves career in justice for jazz (video)
3:54 PM on 05/28/2009
MIAMI - Jesse Jones Jr. is known for keeping order in the court, but he may be even better recognized for holding center stage outside of the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. Jones, who has been a bailiff for 23 years, is retiring this year to pursue his true passion - jazz...
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Basketball player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale dies (video)
5:04 PM on 05/15/2009
May 15, 2009 Wayman Tisdale died at the age of 44 Friday morning at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The three-time college All-American and former NBA star has lost his battle with cancer. Tisdale played 12 seasons in the NBA and later went on to become an award-winning jazz recording...
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