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Watch 19:44 Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra perform at the Tiny Desk. Claire Eggers/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Claire Eggers/NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Sun Ra Arkestra With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.
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Watch 5:19 The Django Festival All-Stars. NPR Music hide caption itoggle caption NPR Music Field Recordings The Fastest Fingers At The Festival, For Django Reinhardt These European gypsy jazz masters closed the Newport Jazz Festival. Then they played one more.
Watch 7:51 Norah Jones performs at Blue Note at 75, The Concert. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR Norah Jones' Dream Band The singer-songwriter performs live with her labelmates, some of whom are modern jazz stars.
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Watch 16:22 Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith perform at Blue Note At 75, The Concert. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR Salty Laughs And A Greasy Helping Of The Blues Two artists who defined hard bop and soul jazz revisit the hits — but not without some commentary.
Watch 5:57 McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson perform at Blue Note at 75, The Concert. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR A Half-Century Of Collaboration In Duet They first recorded together in 1966. They've been working together ever since. Watch a duet.
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