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On Tuesday, December 27, 11:30 p.m. on WHYY, esteemed saxophonist Sonny Rollins, a 2011 recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors, comes to the popular talk show “Tavis Smiley,” to discuss ...

Jazz is an art form with an outsized share of mavericks, rebels, and creative dissidents who’ve built careers by blazing their own particular paths. But the tried-and-true route is still a valuable ...