Christie Dashiell sings and Antonio Hart plays saxophone with the JazzDC All-Stars on opening night of DC JazzFest at The Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. Cheriss May/NPR hide caption
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Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption
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Tiny Desk concert with Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Julia Reihs/NPR hide caption
Alicia Keys performed her Tiny Desk concert on Feb. 2, 2020. Kisha Ravi/NPR hide caption
The saxophonist, flutist and composer Henry Threadgill, one of the NEA's 2021 Jazz Masters. Nhumi Threadgill/Courtesy of the NEA hide caption
Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Terri Lyne Carrington Social Science plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR). Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption
Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR). Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption
FKA Twigs. Her sophomore full-length, Magdalene, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 8. Matthew Stone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hey majesty Missy Elliot returned with Iconology in August. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jazz Giants Take The Stage At The NEA Jazz Masters Listening Party
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Jazz Giants Take The Stage At The NEA Jazz Masters Listening Party
Oumou Sangare performs at the Africa Music festival in Delft, Netherlands, in August 1993. Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Terri Lyne Carrington won a Grammy for her all-female jazz album The Mosaic Project in 2011. Now, she's releasing the second installment, called Love and Soul. Tracy Love/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Terri Lyne Carrington Makes A Musical 'Mosaic,' With A Focus On Women
Backstage at the Kennedy Center tribute concert to Abbey Lincoln, left to right: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves. Becca Pulliam/WBGO hide caption
A Tribute To Abbey Lincoln On JazzSet
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L-R: Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Dianne Reeves perform at the 2011 Detroit Jazz Festival. Jeff Forman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Geri Allen (left) and Esperanza Spalding perform together at the Mary Lou Williams Festival in 2010. Margot Schulman hide caption
Mary Lou Williams Festival All-Star Quintet On JazzSet
The roundtable participants are, from left to right: (top row) Geri Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Tineke Postma and Helen Sung; (bottom row) Nona Hendryx and Gretchen Parlato. courtesy of the artists hide caption