{"id":13227,"date":"2024-12-22T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T11:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=13227"},"modified":"2024-12-22T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T11:25:49","slug":"a-jazz-piano-christmas-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/a-jazz-piano-christmas-2024-13227\/","title":{"rendered":"A Jazz Piano Christmas 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"blog-lead\">Tradition meets modernity this year on NPR\u2019s traditional season\u2019s celebration \u201dA Jazz Piano Christmas\u201d, recorded live at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on December 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-1536x951.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jazzpianochristmas2024-2048x1268.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The holiday theme for Jazz Piano Christmas this year was definitely for the adventurous. 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