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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

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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