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We are entering the ninth month of the genocidal Israeli regime’s brutal attack on Gaza and the world is witnessing terrifying images coming from the city of Rafah. The Occupation Forces continue to massacre displaced Palestinians that have no place to escape. Since October 7th,

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10-year-old saxophonist Jedidiah Olawunmi performing at a park in London, United Kingdom.

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James Brown performing “The Payback” live at the three-day music festival Zaire 74 in 1974.

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Thelonious Monk performing “Blue Monk” with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums live at the University Aula in Oslo, Noway, 1966.

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Musicians in New Orleans marching in support of the people of Palestine.

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Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim performing “Águas de Março” in 1974.

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Cuban trombonist Yudith Rojas performing “O Pato” by João Gilberto.

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Baltimore-based musician Abu the Flutemaker playing a saxophone he made from PVC pipes.

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Trumpeter Mark Kelly playing “Milestones” for a 3rd grade class in 2017. The tune was requested by one of the students.

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Cuban trombonist Yudith Rojas performing “I Fall in Love Too Easily” by Jule Styne.

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Sun Ra introducing himself and explaining why he is real.

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Miles Davis and Prince performing together live at Paisley Park in 1987.

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Nina Simone performing “Revolution” live in 1969.

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15-year-old trumpeter Niccole Meza Ramos performing in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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Marvin Gaye’s isolated vocal track on “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” recorded in 1967.

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Remembering the great John Coltrane who was born on this day in 1926. One of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront of the free jazz movement. His style encompassed the modal jazz first explored

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Chet Baker performing “Almost Blue” live in 1987.

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Cuban trombonist Yudith Rojas performing “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane.

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Afro-French psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer Frantz Fanon addresses the reasons of gatekeeping in jazz. A thread 🧵

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Duke Ellington on dreaming.

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Multi-talented Sammy Davis Jr. performing “Perdido” on trombone, vibraphone and drums live in 1959.

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Miles Davis on 60 Minutes in 1988.

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Remembering the great Alice Coltrane who was born on this day in 1937. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane was also one of the foremost exponents of spiritual jazz. Her eclectic music proved widely influential both within and

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Thelonious Monk and Nina Simone, photographed by Nica de Koenigswarter.

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Remembering the great Elvin Jones who was born on this day in 1927. Regarded as one of the most impactful drummers in jazz history, Jones’ revolutionary style transformed the drums as a traditional time-keeping instrument. He established a forceful polyrhythmic approach to the

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Remembering the great Thelonious Monk who was born on this day in 1917. Known as one of the first creators of modern jazz, Monk’s music was known for its humorous, almost playful, quality. His playing was percussive and sparse, often being described as “angular,” and he used

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Nat King Cole performing “It’s Only a Paper Moon” live in 1963.

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Remembering the great Hazel Scott who was born on this day in 1920. Here, she is performing “Taking a Chance on Love” in 1943.

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Joe Morello performing “Take Five” with Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone and Eugene Wright on bass live in Belgium, 1964.

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Alice Coltrane performing with Pharoah Sanders on saxophone, Reggie Workman and Bill Wood on bass and Rashied Ali on drums live in 1970.

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Tokyo-based artist Sayo Komada performing “Johnny B. Goode” on a shamisen.

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Remembering the great Jaco Pastorius who was born on this day in 1951. Known for revolutionising the role of the electric bass in jazz, Pastorius brought the instrument out of the background into the center of the stage. His playing was known for its highly technical,

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Nigerian drummer Akinmola Boluwatife performing an orchestration of a Yoruba proverb.

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9-year-old saxophonist Jedidiah Olawunmi warming up before transcribing “Misty” by Erroll Garner.

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Thelonious Monk performing “Caravan” live in Berlin, 1969.

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Louis Armstrong rehearsing "Hello Dolly" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970.

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Afro-French psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer Frantz Fanon addresses the reasons of gatekeeping in jazz. 🧵 A thread.

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Miles Davis performing “Directions” with Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Chick Corea on electric piano, Dave Holland on bass and Jack De Johnette on drums live Germany, 1969.

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This year, we are celebrating International Jazz Day under the shadow of a horrific genocide that takes place in Gaza. Since October 7th, the Israeli Occupation Forces killed 34.000+ Palestinian civilians and caused the displacement of millions. Jazz has been an instrument for

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Saxophonist Sam Greenfield performing “Giant Steps” and “Baby Shark” for a baby.

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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto. One of the most important figures of the bossa nova movement, she worked with Antonio Carlos Jobim on developing bossa nova, a musical style that combined Brazilian samba rhythms and jazz.

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Jaco Pastorius performing a solo for bassist Jerry Jemmott in 1984. This clip is titled “Exercise 8” in the “Modern Electric Bass” documentary and book in which Pastorius demonstrates his right- and left-hand technique, harmonics, finger exercises and more.

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Bootsy Collins sharing his formula for funk on the BBC series “Rockschool” from the 1980s.

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Remembering the great Billie Holiday who was born on this day in 1915. Here, she is performing “Now or Never” with the Count Basie Sextet.

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Drummer Yussef Dayes performing at the Big Bear Forest in California.

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Happy birthday to the great Astrud Gilberto who was born this week in 1940. Here, she is performing “The Girl from Ipanema” live in France, 1968.

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Astrud Gilberto performing “The Girl From Ipanema” with the Stan Getz Quartet in 1964.

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Big Mama Thornton performing “Hound Dog” live in 1964.

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Charles Mingus on jazz music.

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Nigerian musician and Pan-Africanist Fela Kuti rehearsing “Authority Stealing” with his band live in Lagos.

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Herbie Hancock and Antônio Carlos Jobim performing “Wave” live in Brazil, 1993.

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Pianist Bill Evans explaining how far the intellect goes in playing jazz.

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Saxophonist and composer Jackie McLean talking to his class about Sun Ra.

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Remembering the great Bill Evans who was born on this day in 1929. Known for lush harmonies and lyrical improvisation, Evans is regarded as one of the most influential pianists of his time. The way Evans built and connected chords and improvised melodies gave his playing a

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Remembering the great Vi Redd who was born on this day in 1928. The first female instrumentalist to headline at a jazz festival, Redd was a gifted saxophonist and singer. Her saxophone style was mellow with a bright, effortless swing. She demonstrated intentional melodic

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A recent performance by 11-year-old multi-instrumentalist Traevon Narcisse in Houston, Texas.

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11-year-old bassist Ruby Adams and her dad performing “The Funky Drummer” by James Brown.

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Australian trumpeter James Morrison performing “Mission İmpossible” live at the Munich Philharmonic Hall in 1994.

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Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters performing “Chameleon” live in Germany, 1974.

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Remembering the great B.B. King who was born on this day in 1925. Regarded as a principal figure in the development of blues music, King's virtuoso guitar style strongly influenced the new generation of rock and blues guitarists, such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray

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Remembering the great Horace Silver who was born on this day in 1928. Silver was a pre-eminent founder of what became known as hard bop or soul jazz, an extension of bebop, with elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and Latin-American music added. His piano style, terse,

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86-year-old double-bassist Ron Carter performing at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York.

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Stevie Wonder performing “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing” live in Germany, 1974.

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Remembering the great Dave Brubeck who was born this week in 1920. Known for bringing elements of classical music into jazz, Brubeck was a prolific and original composer, his best-known tunes including “The Duke,” “In Your Own Sweet Way,” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk.” His work is

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14-year-old guitarist Ronnie Elliott performing in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Happy birthday to the great Sonny Rollins who was born on this day in 1930. Known as the “Saxophone Colossus,” Rollins is among the finest improvisers on the tenor saxophone to appear on the instrument since the mid-1950s. Rollins is a master of intelligent and provocative

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Three women dancing to the local Uninvited Jazz Band in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Bill Evans performing “Autumn Leaves” with Eddie Gomez on bass and Alex Riel on drums live in Norway, 1966.

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Remembering the great Rahsaan Roland Kirk who was born on this day in 1935. Here, he is performing “Satin Doll” on two saxophones at once. He is accompanied by Rahn Burton on piano, Henry Pearson on bass and Richie Goldberg on drums live in France, 1972.

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Horace Silver performing “Song For My Father” with Bill Hardman on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on saxophone, John Williams on bass and Bill Cobham on drums live at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 1968.

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Nina Simone performing “Save Me” live at the Jazz à Juan festival in France, 1969.

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Jazz has been an instrument for social and political change throughout its entire history. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are the target of a genocidal assault, endorse the global call for an immediate ceasefire and urgently demand an end to the illegal

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Happy birthday to the great Ron Carter who was born on this day in 1937. With 2,221 recording session appearances, Carter is the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the classic and acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. Carter is known for using

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Remembering the great Wes Montgomery who was born on this day in 1923. Here, he is performing “Here’s That Rainy Day” with Stan Tracey on piano, Rick Laird on bass and Jackie Dougan on drums live in London, 1965.

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Sun Ra on his inspirations.

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Sun Ra performing with his his Arkestra.

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Nigerian musician and Pan-Africanist Fela Kuti on the political duty he feels he has as a musician.

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Remembering the great Charlie “Bird” Parker who was born on this day in 1920. Considered the greatest jazz saxophonist of all time, Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and he was one of the primary revolutionary geniuses in jazz. Parker was

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A cat singing the blues.

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Guitarist and singer Christone “Kingfish” Ingram performing a solo.

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Remembering the great Abbey Lincoln who was born on this day in 1930. Here, she is performing “Driva Man” with the Max Roach Quartet in 1964. The tune is a personification of the white overseer in slavery times who often forced women under his jurisdiction into sexual relations.

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Sixty-three years ago today, freelance photographer Art Kane called together as many jazz soloists as he could for a photograph which has come to be known as "A Great Day in Harlem." A thread 🧵

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Miles Davis sharing a story from his teenage years about a music teacher he knew while attending The Julliard School.

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Remembering the great Art Blakey who was born on this day in 1919. He was known for his brilliant playing and for the Jazz Messengers, a band that he led for 35 years. The sounds of Blakey’s cymbals and drums were unique, and he played them with rare sensitivity. Many of the

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Remembering the great Ahmad Jamal who was born on this day in 1930. Here, he is performing on the television show Black Omnibus in 1973.

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Wayne Shorter performing “Nefertiti” with pianist Mitch Forman.

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Nat King Cole performing “Autumn Leaves” live in 1957.

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Remembering the great Miles Davis who was born this week in 1926. Here, he is performing “Dig” with Barney Wilen on tenor saxophone, René Urtreger on piano, Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums live in 1957.

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Bassist and composer Charles Mingus answering the age-old question on what jazz music is.

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Eric Dolphy performing “Take the ‘A’ Train” with Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Dannie Richmond on drums and Charles Mingus on bass live Norway, 1964.

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Bassist and singer Thundercat performing at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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Remembering the great Ella Fitzgerald who was born on this day in 1917. Here, she is performing “Just Squeeze Me” at Jazz Festival de Cannes in 1958.

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Turkish clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici performing “Tango” with vocalist Dianne Reeves, Zakir Hussain on percussion, James Genus on bass, Bilal Karaman on guitar and Terri Lyne Carrington on drums at the International Jazz Day All Star Global Concert in Istanbul, 2013.

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Happy birthday to the great George Benson who was born on this day in 1943. Here, a 21-year-old Benson is performing with Brother Jack McDuff on organ, Red Holloway on saxophone and Joe Dukes on drums live at the Antibes Jazz Festival in 1964.

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Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten on March 23, 1949.

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Bassist and composer Charles Mingus answering the age-old question on what jazz music is.

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Jaco Pastorius performing “The Chicken” with guitarist John Scofield and drummer Kenwood Dennard live in 1985.

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Paul Desmond performing “Take Five” with Dave Brubeck on piano, Eugene Wright on bass and Joe Morello on drums live in 1964.

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Remembering the great Astrud Gilberto who was born this week in 1940. One of the most important figures of the bossa nova movement, she entered show business in 1963 through her husband at the time, guitarist and composer João Gilberto. They worked with Antonio Carlos Jobim on

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9-year-old guitarist Junxi Lu playing the blues.

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The Noah Pierre Band performing in front of a shop in Baltimore, United States.

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