Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world.
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This week, the jazz label Blue Note Records celebrated its 75th anniversary. And to do so, they have organized a series of live events, exhibitions, book and music releases to take place throughout the year.
On Jan. 8, the world’s longest-running jazz label brought onstage some of its current musicians at the NYC Winter Jazzfest. The concert included, among others, pianists Robert Glasper and Jason Moran, bassist Alan Hampton and drummer Eric Harland.
Here, Thelonious Monk, one of Blue Note’s legendary artists, performs his famous “Round About Midnight”:
