Jazz Is Dead

#jazzisdead concerts produced and programmed by @artdontsleep. Music recorded at @linearlabs composed and produced by @adrianyounge and @alishaheed.

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¡Una de las figuras más grandes que ha dado Brasil, Marcos Valle, regresa al escenario de Jazz Is Dead el 8 de julio en la Ciudad de México! Asegúrate de conseguir tus entradas ahora en https://t.co/ebiUCBuJ6i.

Fecha: 8 de julio de 2026.
Lugar: Lugar: Foro Indie Rocks! (Sala A)

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Bobbi Humphrey performing on PBS Soul! episode titled "The Blue Note Show" circa 1972.

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Hypnotic and relentless, Joyce's guitar in full flight.

"Fingers." The third single from Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027.

Out Tuesday.

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Mercedes Sosa singing "Alfonsina y el Mar" for RTVE, 1979.

Music by Ariel Ramírez, words by Félix Luna. She carried Alfonsina to every corner of the world.

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Novos Baianos performing "Preta Pretinha" in the 1973 film Novos Baianos Futebol Clube. Directed by Solano Ribeiro.

From Acabou Chorare (1972), often named among the greatest albums in Brasilian music.

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@terracemartin With an opening set by New York harpist @harpista_, carrying the tradition of Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby into the present, and @wyldeflower on the 1s and 2s between sets.

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Terrace Martin LIVE at the Skirball Cultural Center

LA's very own @terracemartin brings his band to the Skirball's hillside courtyard for a Miles Davis centennial tribute.

📅 July 23 | Doors 6 PM
📍 Skirball Cultural Center

Free admission. More info at https://t.co/4E7XZrIl0p

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@terracemartin A multi-instrumentalist and producer whose fingerprints are all over modern music, from Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly to his own jazz-funk records, Martin turns his attention to one of the most influential figures the music has ever known.

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It's Friday. @alishaheed and @adrianyounge are back on the airwaves of the legendary KJAZZ 88.1. Two hours of deep cuts, rare grooves, and the records that move them. Tune in.

⏰ 6-8pm PT
🔊 88.1 FM or https://t.co/Ah2fWCZwbA

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Elis Regina performing "Estrada do Sol" on Programa Ensaio, 1973.

Written by Dolores Duran and Tom Jobim in 1958. One of the most recorded songwriters in the history of Brasilian popular music.

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The Miles Davis Quintet performing "'Round Midnight" live in Stockholm, Sweden, 1967.

Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams.

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@TankandDaBangas Opening the night is Butter Funk Family, the LA collective led by two-time Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Printz Board, bringing horns, heavy bass, and funk straight from the gut. Plus a DJ set by Tosstones to keep the night moving.

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Tank and the Bangas LIVE at the Skirball Cultural Center

It's finally here. Tomorrow night, Grammy winners @TankandDaBangas close the distance between soul, hip-hop, funk, & spoken word on the Skirball stage for one night only.

Tickets and info at https://t.co/4E7XZrIl0p

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@TankandDaBangas Fronted by poet-turned-vocalist Tarriona "Tank" Ball, the New Orleans collective turned a Tiny Desk win into one of the most electric live shows going, all call-and-response, handclaps, and pure joy.

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@MarcosKValle His songs have been covered, sampled, and pressed onto dancefloors across generations, yet the sound stays unmistakably his. The Renaissance man of MPB, live and in the room with you this summer.

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One week out. ☀️

One of the greatest to ever come out of Brasil returns to the Jazz Is Dead stage a week from today. @MarcosKValle is back on the road with us, and this run is something special.

Dates and tickets at
🔗 https://t.co/ebiUCBuJ6i

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@MarcosKValle From the sun-drenched bossa nova of 1960s Rio to cosmic samba, psychedelic funk, and beyond, the maestro has spent six decades doing what few artists ever manage: evolving without ever losing himself.

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Roberta Flack singing the closing of "Sunday and Sister Jones" live at Mr. Henry's in Washington, DC, 1968.

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@Cory_Henry He brings The Funk Apostles to the Skirball's hillside courtyard as part of the Sunset Concert Series on July 16. Inglewood's own Katalyst opens the night, with a DJ set by J.Period in between.

Free admission. More info at https://t.co/4E7XZrIl0p.

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Some musicians play the organ. @Cory_Henry makes it speak.

A 5x GRAMMY winner and Hammond B-3 virtuoso, @Cory_Henry has been a force since childhood, captured on video tearing up the organ at age 4.

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@Cory_Henry From his run with Snarky Puppy to leading The Funk Apostles, he turns funk, gospel, and jazz into something you feel in your chest, the kind of live show that leaves a room different than it found it.