Colin Marshall

Saint Coltrane: The Church Built On 'A Love Supreme'

Anastasia Tsioulcas, Nate Chinen, Jack Corbett, Colin Marshall, Annabel Edwards

Jazz Night visits the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, an evolving house of worship that has incorporated John Coltrane's A Love Supreme album as their chief liturgical text.

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Playing Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It Seems

Colin Marshall, Nickolai Hammar

For musicians who want to play together while following social distancing guidelines, the solution goes beyond a Zoom call. Pianist Dan Tepfer leads us down the technological rabbit hole.

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Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Colin Marshall

Watch four different Jacob Colliers perform simultaneously in the same studio in this unprecedented Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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Cabaret Cards: The Law Police Used To Keep Musicians Of Color Off Stage

Colin Marshall

The New York Police Department kept musicians of color from the stage for almost three decades by revoking their cabaret cards, a license required to perform for pay in nightclubs.

Watch New Orleans Musicians Perform A Socially Distanced Funeral Song

Colin Marshall

Members of Brass-a-Holics and Mecca Notes pay tribute to lives lost to COVID-19 with a performance of "I'll Fly Away."

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Snarky Puppy: Tiny Desk Concert

Colin Marshall

The jazz, funk and gospel improv group brought jams and joy to the Tiny Desk.

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Dan Tepfer: Tiny Desk Concert

Colin Marshall

The pianist and programmer has transformed the acoustic piano into his duet partner.

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David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band: Tiny Desk Concert

Colin Marshall

David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League are The Lighthouse Band, and together they harmonized the heck out of the Tiny Desk.

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Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk Concert

Colin Marshall

As the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway for his set, hardly able to contain his creative energy or enthusiasm.

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How The Music of Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' Turned a Nazi Slogan Into an Oscar Nod

Nate Chinen, Colin Marshall

Composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard reveals the creative process that led to BlacKkKlansman's "Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil)."