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Fred Pustay remembers the life and legacy of his longtime colleague, the record producer and archivist Michael Cuscuna who died on April 20, 2024.
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A personal remembrance of Albert "Tootie" Heath by pianist Ethan Iverson
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Casey Benjamin, whose saxophone gleam and vocoder-processed singing exerted a deep influence on the last 20 years of jazz-infused hip-hop and R&B, died on March 30 in Maryland. He was 45.
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NEA Jazz Master Dorthaan Kirk remembers her friend, the vocalist Marlena Shaw, who died on Jan. 19, 2024.
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Jazz singer Marlena Shaw dies at the age of 81
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Pianist Joe Alterman pays tribute to his friend and mentor, Les McCann, who died on Dec. 29, 2023.
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WBGO remembers the iconic pianist and composer Les McCann with an archival interview from 2023 and an archival performance from 2008.
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Drummer and bandleader Matt Wilson shares his remembrance of pianist, composer and arranger Carla Bley.
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WORT Radio's Faye Parks' obit on Richard Davis, who played with Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, Archie Shepp, Dorothy Ashby, Roland Kirk, Pharoah Sanders and Van Morrison.
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In his horn, subway cars rumbled, buses hissed, traffic screeched and sirens howled. Homeless for more than a decade, Gayle was forever in conversation with the streets of New York.