NPR Jazz

The R&B singer transforms the Tiny Desk into his own version of a jazz club, reimaging songs in ways we've never heard before.

Ring in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world.

Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.

Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.

Prepare your face to assume and remain in the stank position. It's about to get funky.

Ring in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world.

French pianist and composer Martial Solal dies at 97

WBGO's Doug Doyle reports on the loss of jazz writer, editor, archivist, author and producer Dan Morgenstern

Ring in the new year with music from Chucho Valdés, José James, Ibrahim Maalouf and Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer.

On the guitarist's first string quartet composition, she comes with a dramatic precision.