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Apr 28, 2026 4 min

Keeping jazz alive on campus

from ARN Stories Hosted by Annenberg Radio Stories

If you search for 'Jazz' on a streaming app today, you’re likely to find an endless loop of music designed to be tuned-out noise, stripped of its soul. But at the USC Thornton School of Music, jazz is anything but background noise. It’s a high-stakes conversation between humans. Inside the Carson Soundstage, the next generation of musicians is fighting to keep the 'real deal' alive.

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