Wyoming Public Media is proud to bring you Jazz Wyoming, a channel dedicated just to jazz. Here you'll find the greats, emerging artists, and occasionally the progressives that will take you right off the charts.
Some people say that jazz is America's only true art form. It was born in America, among the enslaved Black people who made up music coming from the variety of cultures they came from.
Fast forward to today, and millions of people dance to, work to, pray to, and just sit back and listen to the distinct melodies, harmonies, rhythm, and rich improvisation that can take them anywhere into the imagination. You can also catch up on the news from NPR at the top of each hour. For those who enjoy keeping up with events in the jazz world, we also offer NPR's collection of stories and news items.
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Watch and listen to live performances from NPR Jazz here.
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Salvatore Geloso embodies the spirit of New Orleans through and through. His band inaugurates the first-ever Tiny Desk Contest takeover. -
The R&B singer transforms the Tiny Desk into his own version of a jazz club, reimaging songs in ways we've never heard before. -
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Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history. -
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together. -
Prepare your face to assume and remain in the stank position. It's about to get funky. -
Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression. -
Despite singing of heartbreak or sadness, Emily King's barely-contained excitement brightens the room between each tune. -
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. -
With its fusion of funk, jazz, Afrobeats and R&B, the British band conveys a radical mission to choose joy.
