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Since the 1960s, the experimental jazz collective has worked toward a high standard of shared intuition. The group is playing a series of anniversary concerts featuring original and new members.

WBGO’s Pat Prescott talks with George Benson about his early years learning to play the guitar and about all his mentors and allies who helped him become a star in jazz and popular music.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall. It's a long-forgotten recording of a 1957 benefit concert, which has never been released until now.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Like Before, Somewhat After, the new recording from drummer George Schuller and his quintet Circle Wide. The disc salutes the music of pianist Keith Jarrett's '70s-era quartet.

After ten years with Lenny Kravitz, Blackman recently left the group to focus on her own music.

For fans of Kamasi Washington, Tortoise and Sun Ra.

Last week, legendary jazz keyboardist Chick Corea released a new album titled The Ultimate Adventure. It features a blend of Corea's signature style from the 1970s with some modern twists. The album was inspired in part by the writings of Scientologist L. Ron Hubbard.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new reissue of Blossom Dearie's 1959 album, My Gentleman Friend, on Verve records.

Guitarist Keb Mo channels the spirit of the earliest blues legends into a modern feel and context. His career has seen him pay tribute to many giants of the blues genre, while also demonstrating a songwriting talent that has produced numerous original compositions incorporating elements of jazz, R&B and folk.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Song X: Twentieth Anniversary, a reissue and remix of a 1985 collaboration between guitarist Pat Metheny and saxophonist Ornette Coleman.