Making Jazz in the Mainstream

From NPR Music:

Had you been watching The Tonight Show with Jay Leno one Monday night last March, you might have seen pianist Robert Glasper leading his Experiment band from the NBC studios in Burbank, Calif. Had you preferred the Late Show with David Letterman, you might have seen bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding front a horn-heavy ensemble at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan.

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CBC's Jazz Poll

When CBC Music launched, they asked some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians what they thought were the most essential Canadian jazz albums — recordings of timeless music performed by talented jazz Canucks.

Now that the year is soon drawing to a close, it seems timely to share the top 10 that the CBC Music jazz team put together, created from all of their choices as well as their own, and turn to jazz fans to help finalize a Top 10 Canadian Jazz Essentials list.

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Farewell to Quotes

Wholenote's Ori Dagan talked to Fay Olson about the closing of Quotes Bar & Grill on King Street where she has been hosting a jazz series since 2006 with a who's who of Canadian jazz backed up by the Canadian Jazz Quartet

Quotes has been the home of the "Fridays at Five" series for 7 seasons now. What have been some of the musical highlights?

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