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Eddie Henderson didn’t immediately gravitate toward jazz. He studied classical trumpet and went to medical school but after studying under several jazz icons, he hit the music scene in earnest and continues to perform with a dream team of artists.
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Joe Chambers is a composer and commanding multi-instrumentalist who plays drums, vibraphone, marimba, and piano — and is still going strong today.
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Trumpet player, arranger, bandleader, songwriter and producer of music, film and television, Quincy Jones is one of the most influential American artists – with a career that began in the Pacific Northwest.
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From playing piano to composing and arranging, Bob James couldn't anticipate that his highly harmonic playing and early recordings would become the most sampled music ever.
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Bassist Buster Williams has been a distinct voice in jazz since the 1960’s and he’s still a force today. KNKX’s Nick Morrison tells us more.
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Ron Carter is credited with over 2,200 recording sessions, making him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history, according to Guinness World Records.
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A living legend of the tenor saxophone, Houston Person is a master of swing and hard bop, but the heart of his sound has always been in the blues. And at age 88, he still has a lot of music to play.
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The prolific saxophonist Charles Lloyd is as busy as ever at the age of 85. Jazz host and fan Carl Pogue gives us a peek into the saxophonist's life and spiritually healing music.
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Herbie Hancock has never stood still musically and fully embraces the traditions of jazz, while always open to exploring new possibilities inside and outside of it.
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In the lifetime of any composer and artist, to be associated with an iconic piece of music is to live in rarified company. Abdullah Ibrahim's "Mannanberg" reach such heights as the unofficial theme of anti-apartheid fighters in South Africa.