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Miguel Zenon says he's obsessed with over-the-bar bass lines, so it's no surprise that that's the first line he wrote in his arrangement of Wayne Shorter's "Armageddon." In a highlight performed in concert, he leads the SFJAZZ Collective in a spirited rendition.

It's quite a night in Los Angeles at the stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall. With the super-stylish and globally attuned Pink Martini — 19 musicians plus guests — every song is a polished gem.

It's true: Bill Frisell wears glasses, dresses casually and is modest and soft-spoken in person. But instead of stepping into a phone booth to put on a cape, he straps on his trusty Fender Telecaster and strides onstage at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater with his trio.

Alumni of Gillespie's many different bands still get together to ensure that his dazzling songwriting gets heard with the power and verve it demands. The Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars (the big-band edition) played a special celebration with the vocal quartet New York Voices, live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to ring in 2009.

The Bad Plus isn't the only piano trio to have recorded parts of The Rite of Spring. Hear from the band E.S.T. and its late leader, pianist Esbjorn Svensson, about their hidden take on "Spring Khorovod."

Álvaro Lafuente's calming voice and steady rhythms feel like a lullaby with a fiesta tilt. At the Desk, the Spanish singer transports us to a club in Barcelona or a beach on Costa Brava.

NPR critic Bob Mondello narrows down his favorite movies of the year — the ones that made audiences vibrate.

People with ACA health insurance just saw prices surge and many switched to plans with high deductibles and health savings accounts. If that's you, what do you wish you knew about how your plan works?

International Jazz Day’s All-Star Global Concert to be webcast worldwide on Sun., Apr. 30 at 4 pm EDT and to feature Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride and many others.

A dynamic performer con carisma y fuerza, Daymé Arocena sings the blues in a field of inflatable flowers.