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The last time Scott Simon spoke to percussionist Bobby Sanabria, it was about Sanabria's newest CD, which has since been nominated for a Grammy Award. Now, Sanabria wants listeners to meet a classic Afro-Cuban album: Machito's Kenya.

The Mexican roots band's new album is dedicated to the music of 19th-century one-man circuses. A true melting pot, Maroma draws on everything from polkas and mambos to Dixieland jazz.

Gentle jazz from Elvis Costello; Jamaican Reggae producer Augustus Pablo; German electronic rap with Pole; San Francisco electronica duo Matmos and more.

Borrowing from Persian music and American jazz, two Iranian women come together to create a singular sound.

United by a taste for pop, folk and vocal jazz, Inara George, Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark began collaborating in 2006. While they focused on their solo projects, their work as The Living Sisters was pure hobby. But in 2009, they recorded Love to Live, released last month.

Hear the super-wide range of sounds from the Sun Ra Arkestra's third decade of existence.

Pianist, composer and bandleader Chucho Valdés discusses his large scale work with WBGO host Bobby Sanabria

Watch BADBADNOTGOOD incorporate splashes of psychedelia to its tight, sophisticated sound in a concert presented by Jazz Night in America.

The roots of the seductive "New York to L.A." extend all the way back to the jazz age. You'll hear a trio of clarinets and a muted trumpet play the same seductive opening riff in Duke Ellington's classic instrumental, "The Mooche."

With nearly 200 recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations on the market, how do you choose?