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Clora Byrant often goes unrecognized as a musical pioneer. Bryant was trumpeter who collaborated with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Bryant played a critical role in paving the way for women instrumentalists in a male-dominated world of jazz. Byrant was born May 30, 1927, in Denison, Texas. She grew up singing in her Baptist church ...

Habana is an album by Roy Hargrove’s Crisol. In 1998, the album won Hargrove and the band the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. #jazz #latinjazz #RoyHargrove #trumpet #nowplaying

By ERIC SCHELKOPF This week's blizzard postponed Trombone Shorty's show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago until April 4. More information is at www.lincolnhallchicago.com. Shorty will find out on Feb. 13 whether his 2010 album "Backatown" will take home the Grammy for best contemporary jazz album. He could come home with a fistful of awards when the Grammys are presented that night, as he is also part of two other 2010 Grammy-nominated projects. His version of “Ooh Pooh Pah Doo” is on "Treme, Music…

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