The Jazz Masters Listening Session

Listening Session conducted by Sunil Sampat

Jazz Mystique

An NCPA Presentation

Jazz is the ultimate sound of surprise. When a musician steps up to the microphone, either in a recording studio or in front of an audience, their challenge is to produce musical notes that suit the moment, rather than a written script. That moment becomes sacrosanct in playing jazz. It also becomes an exciting moment for the listener.

Sunil Sampat has picked out some dramatic recordings from jazz archives for the session. The mystique of jazz will unravel in some of the most surprising ways for the…