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NPR Music Presents Lou Donaldson Quartet At The Village Vanguard

Source: Amy Schriefer
November 3, 2010

By the time he starts his next weeklong run at the Village Vanguard, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson will be 84. He's been based in New York for 60-odd years, during which time he's become a jazz legend—the kind who made albums that are still remembered today, who recorded lines memorable enough to be sampled years later, who toured the country's back rooms back when a jazz musician could post up for two weeks at a time in, say, Dayton, Ohio. ...

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NPR Music Presents Jason Moran At The Village Vanguard

Source: Amy Schriefer
October 6, 2010

The piano trio is known to deconstruct standards and assemble its pianist's mixed-media compositions in the same breath. Hear the recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner perform during a live webcast from the legendary venue starting at 9 p.m. ET at NPR.org/music and join the live chat. Listen again in the archives tomorrow where the show will also be available for download.

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One of the world's preeminent jazz venues, the Village Vanguard has regularly presented jazz's greatest musicians ...

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