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Is Jazz Entering Another Dance Era? At the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, at Least, It Seems So

Chalk this up in part to the location, at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park. Mostly, though, it was the music offered up by the bassist and bandleader, Christian McBride, and his 17-piece big band.

Christian McBride, left, and his band during the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.
Christian McBride, left, and his band during the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Lorelei Edwards

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