Improvisation asks everyone to risk what they think they know, and offers them an opportunity – through listening – to discover something new in themselves. Jazz shines a light on what we are allowing to slip away in our brittle and fractured world, making our art form more relevant today than ever before.”
– Maria Schneider

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January 31, 2021

January 31, 2021

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31 January

Chris Pattishall
Performance of Libra from Zodiac

From the Zodiac Suite, composed by Mary Lou Williams Chris Pattishall, piano Recorded at Bunker Studios, BrooklynTodd Carder, EngineerNick Hughes, Director of Photography and EditorKiersten Ladzinski, B Camera OperatorVisual Processing by Kim AlpertMixed by Rafiq Bhatia Commissioned by Duke Performances

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31 January

NYO Jazz at Carnegie Hall
Jihye Lee's Struggle Gives You Strength

Watch Sean Jones lead NYO Jazz in a performance of Jihye Lee’s 2018 composition “Struggle Gives You Strength,” commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the ensemble. NYO Jazz returned in 2019 for its second year, following a triumphant inaugural year during which the ensemble played to sold-out houses and received rave…

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