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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
After we take a short break, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead will remember some of the jazz musicians we lost in 2025.
This is Fresh Air.
Today, our jazz historian Kevin Whitehead looks back at seven jazz notables who died this year.
He earlier paid tribute to bandleader Jack DeJohnette and to my late husband, the jazz critic Francis Davis.
list starts with singer Sheila Jordan.
Kevin Whitehead is the
but being gay was a pretty major obstacle.
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