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“Jazz Night in America” Announces Season Two HighlightsVideos and radio show will feature Wayne Shorter, Arturo O’Farrill, Snarky Puppy, moreBy JazzTimes The season opens with coverage of Wayne Shorter’s career-spanning performance as the featured soloist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. According to a press release, in this episode of the weekly radio show and a companion video documentary, Jazz Night in America “visits the home of the jazz composer and saxophonist to capture his trailblazing career and his musical (and extra-musical) ideas.” The multi-platform program, produced by NPR Music, WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center, will introduce two new video elements this fall. According to the release, “Biweekly, half-hour concert documentaries take viewers behind the scenes of the performances featured on the radio show that week. Throughout the season, special video shorts will capture important moments in jazz, including the 90th birthday of George Wein, creator of the Newport Jazz Festival.” In addition, Christian McBride, host of Jazz Night in America, will continue his monthly jazz segments on All Things Considered, NPR’s flagship program airing on more than 700 stations in the U.S. Jazz Night in America Season Two Schedule: September 24, 2015: Wayne Shorter’s career-spanning performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center October 1, 2015: George Wein 90th birthday interview special with recordings from his Newport Jazz Festival October 8, 2015: Jason Moran and The Big Bandwagon tribute to Thelonius Monk at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. October 15, 2015: TBA October 22, 2015: Arturo O'Farrill brings together American and Cuban musicians in a tribute to Afro-Cuban music during a performance from The Conversation Continued at Symphony Space in New York October 29, 2015: TBA November 5, 2015: Thelonious Monk Competition-winning Trumpeter Marquis Hill performs with his band the Blacktet at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago November 12, 2015: TBA
November 26, 2015: TBA December 3, 2015: Keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle December 10, 2015: TBA December 17, 2015: The young, driven artists of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center * Descriptions of each episode will be updated in the NPR Press Room at NPR.org.
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