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Composers: Beatles
09/14/09
Jazz masters like Count Basie, Gene Harris, George Benson and Brad Mehldau cover the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo.		 Pop Composers
09/18/09
Familiar pop and rock songs as performed by jazz artists, from the Beatles to Bjork		 Brazilian Jazz
09/04/09
The best in Brazilian jazz, from Brazilian masters and younger purveyors of the style from all over the world
Main channel
  • AccuJazz
    Great classic and contemporary jazz

Style channels
  • Brazilian Jazz
    The best in Brazilian jazz, from Brazilian masters and younger purveyors of the style from all over the world

  • Mellow Jazz
    Lush ballads as performed by jazz greats

  • Modern Mainstream
    The best in mainstream jazz from the last three decades

  • Straight Ahead
    Get your groove on with the best in swinging jazz

  • Everybody's Boppin'
    Everything bop, from bebop to hard bop.

  • Old School
    Swing, Dixieland and old mainstream jazz

  • New School
    There is jazz after bop! Hear all types of modern jazz

  • Jazz Fusion
    All the best fusion is here, from Miles to MMW

  • Groove Jazz
    Funky music performed by great jazz musicians

  • Cutting Edge
    Adventurous modern jazz that's not quite avant-garde

  • Avant-Garde
    Jazz outside the box, from Ornette Coleman to Ken Vandermark

  • Third Stream
    Jazz and classical collide in the fusion called 3rd stream

  • Latin Jazz
    From "Manteca" to Michel Camilo, the best in Latin Jazz

  • Cool Jazz
    Music from cool pioneer Miles Davis and West Coast jazzers

  • Big Band
    The glorious sounds of big bands from every era
Instrument channels
  • Good Vibes
    Hear one of jazz music’s most under-appreciated instruments: the vibraphone.

  • Trombone Jazz
    Nothing but great trombone performances, from J.J. Johnson and Curtis Fuller to Bill Watrous and Robin Eubanks

  • Organ Jazz
    Classic tracks from organ masters old and new

  • Piano Jazz
    Great music from legends like Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans

  • Vocal Jazz
    From Ella Fitzgerald to Kurt Elling, the best in vocal jazz

  • Saxophone Jazz
    Great music from the masters of the saxophone

  • Trumpet Jazz
    All the trumpet masters are here, from Satchmo to Hub

  • Give the Drummers Some
    Music that shifts the spotlight to the much-ignored drummers

  • Guitar Jazz
    From Grant Green to Bill Frisell, from acoustic to electric

  • Covering All the Bassists
    Bassists step out of the shadows to lead and solo


Region channels
  • Modern West Coast
    West Coast jazz beyond the cool school of the 50’s and 60’s

  • Chicago
    Great jazz by musicians who call the windy city home.

  • Europe
    From Straight-Ahead to Avant-Garde, hear all the wonderful jazz Europe has to offer.

  • New York
    Newer jazz created in the mecca of the jazz world, New York City

  • New Orleans
    The best in Crescent City jazz, from trad to progressive

Composer channels
  • Pop Composers
    Familiar pop and rock songs as performed by jazz artists, from the Beatles to Bjork

  • Beatles
    Jazz masters like Count Basie, Gene Harris, George Benson and Brad Mehldau cover the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

  • Bird and Diz
    Compositions by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

  • Monk
    Music composed by the incomparable Thelonious Monk

  • Ellington
    Music written by the Duke, performed by jazz artists


Decade channels
  • Pre-1940
    Take a tour of the earliest days of jazz

  • '40s
    The decade when swing was king, that is, until it was dethroned by the unstoppable force of Bebop.
  • '50s
    Considered by many to be the jazz's finest hour

  • '60s
    A time of extreme change and innovation

  • '70s
    The decade when Fusion was king, but hard bop legends were still making noise
  • '80s
    Nothing but jazz from the ‘80s, from fusion to neo-bop


  • '90s
    Exciting new voices and elder statesmen in their later years

Other channels
  • Nothin' But The Blues
    Hear hundreds of different jazz interpretations of the classic twelve bar blues

  • A Great Day in Harlem
    Music from throughout the careers of the jazz greats who showed up that historic morning in 1958 for the famous “Great Day in Harlem” photo.

  • Emerging Voices
    Hear undiscovered young talent alongside recent success stories from the under-40 crowd.

  • Broadway Jazz
    Jazz artists from every era perform timeless B'Way tunes

  • Live Jazz
    Jazz greats performing in their natural habitat

  • New Releases
    Nothing but the best jazz from the last 7 months

  • Women of Jazz
    No men allowed! Hear the talented women of jazz

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