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Drummer Hal Blaine attends an awards ceremony in Anaheim, Calif., in 2014.

Hal Blaine, 'Most Recorded Drummer In History,' Dies At 90

6:11pm March 12, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The session musician's ubiquitous drums beat a path through rock history. As a member of the Wrecking Crew, Blaine can be heard backing everyone from Frank Sinatra to Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys.

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Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in concert with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in November 1960.

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What Makes A Jazz Standard?

5:14pm May 21, 2018

Christian McBride of Jazz Night in America joins NPR's Audie Cornish with a few criteria for what turns a regular composition into a canonized classic.

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'One More' For Sinatra, Who Took A Stand In Gary, Indiana

9:03am December 12, 2015

by Scott Simon

Frank Sinatra was born 100 years ago. NPR's Scott Simon remembers a moment when the singer tried to stop a strike by white students in Gary, Indiana who didn't want their high school to be integrated.

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Bob Dylan performs onstage during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at The Hollywood Palladium on Jan. 12, 2012, in Los Angeles. In his next album, Dylan will "uncover" Frank Sinatra.

Bob Dylan, In New Album, Will Cover Frank Sinatra

5:17pm December 09, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

But Dylan in a statement said he doesn't see himself as "covering these songs in any way." Instead, he said he and his band are "uncovering them." Shadows in the Night will be released Feb. 3