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30 Years Of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz

Studio Sessions 30 Years Of Piano Jazz As Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz continues to celebrate its 30th year, we’re marking the occasion with…

Black History Month on WNCU

Savannah Music Festival LIVE Presents: Marcus Roberts Monday, February 8th @ 9pm In the 100 years since jazz music became an integral part…

Passing on Steve Satterfield

Gospel radio sensation Brother Milton “Steve” Satterfield passed on Thursday, January 14, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Durham, N.C. after battling…

Legendary Drummer Ed Thigpen Has Passed

Ed Thigpen, drummer with the Oscar Peterson Trio during the famed jazz pianist’s popular early-’60s period, died on Wednesday, January 13, at the…

Jazz Week Top 100 List for 2009

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Holiday Jazz Specials

December 24 and 25th – all holiday jazz during the day. Bob Parlocha..all holiday music overnight on the 25th. December 25 – holiday…

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Recording of the Album `Kind of Blue’ and Reaffirming Jazz as a National Treasure

Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) just moved H.R. 894, “Honoring the 50th anniversary of the recording of the album `Kind of Blue’ and reaffirming…

Trumpeter Hears NCCU’s Clarion Call

He tried his hand at the cello. He went out for the football team in Hope Mills, N.C., but he says he was…

A World-Class Musical Trip at NCCU

Christmas will arrive at North Carolina Central University 19 days early with a bag filled with music for everyone. The University Choir will…

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and More at NCCU

If you like classical music, opera or the works of Bach and Mozart then consider a free performance of Magnificat, Ave Verum and…

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