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Marisa Ronstadt, Cousin Of Linda, Spans Genres For 'Moon'

11:45am July 19, 2014

Marisa Ronstadt is the younger cousin of the famous singer, Linda Ronstadt. But she has her own band, and a new album. She talks with NPR's Scott Simon about a life in music.

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Charlie Haden plays upright bass with Keith Jarrett's band in New York City, 1975.

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'Live In The Present': Charlie Haden Remembered

3:22pm July 18, 2014

"You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world," Haden told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1992. The bassist died on July 11.

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Fred Hersch Knows His Trios

12:23pm July 18, 2014

by Kevin Whitehead

Fred Hersch pulls together jazz piano traditions that have little in common. Kevin Whitehead says the classic piano, bass and drums trio format suits Hersch best of all in a review of Floating.

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Every Composer Needs A Great Storyteller

11:39am July 17, 2014

by Lloyd Schwartz

EMI has just reissued a broad spectrum of German conductor Otto Klemperer's recordings, including a box set of one of the composers he's most associated with: Gustav Mahler.

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Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio released its self-titled debut album in June.

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A Sax Trio Taps Tradition While Thriving In The Present

7:23pm July 15, 2014

by Tom Moon

On an assured debut, Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio pivots from jazz's bygone eras into the hyperlinked modern age and back again.

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The Cowboy That Wasn't A Cowboy Sings

3:52pm July 15, 2014

by Ken Tucker

A new album from Cowboy Jack Clement has the prolific producer performing many of his best-known compositions with help of Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Rodney Crowell and John Prine.

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In Memory Of Lorin Maazel, The Maestro Behind The Castleton Festival

6:24pm July 14, 2014

World-renowned conductor Lorin Maazel died Sunday at his home in Castleton, Va. He was 84. Robert Siegel spoke with Maazel about his life and career in 2009.

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Lorin Maazel, World-Renowned American Composer, Dies At 84

6:22pm July 13, 2014

Maazel was born in 1930 in Paris, and was a child prodigy. By the time he was a teenager, he had conducted most of the major American orchestras.

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Remembering Jazz Legend Charlie Haden, Who Crafted His Voice In Bass

1:07pm July 13, 2014

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

Polio damaged Haden's voice when he was young, but as a bassist and composer, he helped shape the sound of jazz and spanned country and gospel. He died Friday at 76.

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Tommy Ramone, Co-Founder Of The Ramones, Dies At 65

6:30pm July 12, 2014

by Kelly McEvers

Tommy Ramone, born Tom Erdelyi, has died at age 65. The drummer was the last living member of the legendary punk band he helped create.

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