jazz
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While in China, he listened to American bebop and jazz on the radio and watched American films at the movie theater owned by his best friend’s father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former basketball star whose father was a jazz trombonist, observes that “Coltrane’s music is the soundtrack to the Black experience in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Warm jazz fills the air as crews work on new storefronts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Composer and saxophonist Julius Hemphill was a titan of jazz in the ’80s and ’90s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
My mom’s relatives tended to gather at Southside’s house around the corner—drawn by my grandfather’s cooking, the ongoing games of bid whist, and the exuberant blasting of jazz.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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