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Did you know that Sonny Rollins played on a Rolling Stones song? Hear that and other jazz cameos from famous pop-rock tracks.

The up-and-coming musicians in Next Jazz Legacy join the program's artistic director, drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington, in performance from Yamaha Studio NYC.

Alice Coltrane, widow of the legendary jazz musician John Coltrane and a giant of the jazz piano in her own right, has died. She was 69.

The Ronnie Laws & Doug Carn Experience will celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with a special concert, which will be livestreamed.

WBGO Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month 2026 with students from Colleges and Universities across the U.S.A.

Judy Chaikin is a graduate of AFI's Directing Workshop for Women and is best known for writing, producing and directing the Emmy nominated PBS documentary, LEGACY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST. She received her second Emmy nomination for the documentary, BUILDING ON A DREAM. Her recent film THE GIRLS IN THE BAND, which explores the little-known history of women jazz musicians won five Best Documentary Awards and in 2022 was named one of the “100 Best Music Documentaries Ever,” by British Music site NME.

18-time Grammy winner Béla Fleck—the world's premier banjo virtuoso and a celebrated musical adventurer—has both explored his instrument's complex global history and unlocked the breadth of its possibilities. For over 30 years, he has led Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, the groundbreaking quartet inspired by jazz, funk, bluegrass and beyond. He has written and performed three banjo concertos and traced the African origins of the banjo with the award-winning 2009 documentary Throw Down Your Heart. Collaborators include Abigail Washburn, the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Chris Thile, The Blind Boys of Alabama, McCoy Tyner, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Churasia and Edgar Meyer (their latest album As We Speak won two Grammys in 2024). His latest album Rhapsody in Blue was released February 12 on the centennial of its premiere, and the Grammy-winning My Bluegrass Heart, is named in honor of his friend and hero Chick Corea (My Spanish Heart). Béla and Chick have toured as a duo and released a pair of acclaimed albums, the Latin Grammy-winning The Enchantment (2007) and Two (2015).

During its annual Honors Gala, The Jazz Gallery celebrated the life and music of Tom Harrell, Joanne Brackeen and Henry Threadgill.

In this radio episode,Jazz Night in America takes you to a tribute concert honoring the late musician, whose soulful sound was more than just "smooth."

Drummer/composer Mark Guiliana traverses many musical landscapes, from modern jazz (Brad Mehldau), Tunisian oud music (Dhafer Youssef), Hasidic reggae…