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Street musicians in New York. (M Skaffari/flickr)
New York has always been a great place to be a jazz consumer. But right now, the city is a tough place to be a jazz artist. Today: how musicians and clubs are struggling to stay afloat. Plus: another installment of WNYC's Jazz Loft Project radio series. Plus: singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips performs live in our studio.
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Grant-Lee PhillipsThe Plight of Jazz in New York
The recent recession took its toll on New York's jazz community, especially musicians and small venues. And earlier this year, JVC withdrew its sponsorship of the JVC Jazz Festival, leaving the city without a major summer jazz festival for the first time in almost 40 years. Today: how the city's ...
The Jazz Loft
After our look at the state of jazz in New York, we return to a golden age of the genre: the 1950s and '60s. Thousands of hours of tape recorded in a Manhattan loft during that era were recently discovered. They became WNYC’s Jazz Loft Project, a 10-part series ...
Grant-Lee Phillips
Singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips has led a notable solo career since the breakup of his band Grant Lee Buffalo. But lately, he’s finding the whole band thing to be pretty irresistible. He even roped his opening act, The Winterpills, into serving as his touring band. He joins us to perform songs ...