🎷🎹✨From pioneers like Hazel Scott who used their music to fight injustice, to genre-breakers like Tito Puente whose Latin fusion brought people from all cultures together, to modern titans like Russell Gunn who are ensuring the tradition is passed on the next generation, this thing we call jazz is truly a living, breathing, ever-evolving force. In honor of #JazzAppreciationMonth and #InternationalJazzDay, swipe to listen back to some of our favorite moments of jazz on the Apollo stage. Then, hop in the comments and let us know who your favorite artists are and what you’re spinning today! 🎥✨: RussellGunn and the Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra, 2023 Tito Puente tributes Lionel Hampton, 1996 CamilleThurman and DamienSneed tribute Hazel Scott, 2021 WyntonMarsalis tributes Lionel Hampton, 1996