Jazz

theGrio featured stories
February 14, 2011

Esperanza Spalding’s shocking Grammy win is well deserved

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theGrio featured stories
February 10, 2011

Esperanza Spalding reaches wider audience her way

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theGrio featured stories
February 8, 2011

Why ‘ghetto fab’ style will keep you out of work

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theGrio featured stories
February 4, 2011

Grandma with 24-inch nails wants to meet Oprah

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theGrio featured stories
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews, NOLA musician with ‘supafunkrock’ style

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theGrio featured stories
January 20, 2011

A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez

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theGrio featured stories
December 30, 2010

Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89

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theGrio featured stories
December 10, 2010

Saxophonist James Moody dies of pancreatic cancer

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December 3, 2010

Marsalis: Jazz helps you 'overcome tragic things'

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November 3, 2010

France honors ‘Beloved’ novelist Toni Morrison

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theGrio featured stories
October 18, 2010

Jazz legend reaches new creative peak at age 80

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theGrio featured stories
October 16, 2010

Prince announces new tour to start in December

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theGrio featured stories
August 18, 2010

Jazz photographer Herman Leonard dies at 87

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theGrio featured stories
August 15, 2010

Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dies at age 80 in NY

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theGrio featured stories
July 23, 2010

Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France

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theGrio featured stories
June 4, 2010

Is ‘blackface’ always beyond the pale?

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theGrio featured stories
May 17, 2010

Grammy-winning jazz pianist Hank Jones dies

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theGrio featured stories
May 14, 2010

Thousands flock to say farewell to Lena Horne

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theGrio featured stories
May 10, 2010

Slideshow: The life of legendary Lena Horne

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theGrio featured stories
May 3, 2010

New Orleans jazz fest thrives in spite of oil spill

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