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The Checkout

Voted "Best Jazz Podcast" in the JazzTimes Critics' Poll for four consecutive years, The Checkout championed the music we call jazz — along the trend lines and on its outer edges. Hosted, produced and... Read more

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The Checkout x Jazz Night in America: Top 5 Collabs

The Checkout x Jazz Night in America: Top 5 Collabs

Mark Guiliana, Randy Weston, Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Kamasi Washington are the artists fea... Read more

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Angel Bat Dawid leads a fearless expedition to 'Afro Town' at Winter Jazzfest

Angel Bat Dawid leads a fearless expedition to 'Afro Town' at Winter Jazzfest

Winter Jazzfest artist-in-residence Angel Bat Dawid premieres 'Afro-Town Topics: A Mythological Afrofuturist Revue,' and... Read more

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Cory Henry walks back the timeline to his 'First Steps,' with a new concert recording

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