Take Five

The first Take Five of 2022 has two piano legends (Abdullah Ibrahim, Fred Hersch), two R&B confabs (the MTO with Catherine Russell, MoonChild with Lalah Hathaway), and an ambitious tribute to the Borscht Belt (Sam Sadigursky).

As Michael Bourne turns 75, and steps away from the microphone, we're celebrating his incredible legacy at WBGO.

From Sara Serpa's 'Intimate Strangers' to Jamire Williams' 'But Only After You Have Suffered,' this week's Take Five is all about pointed statements from perceptive artists.

This week's Take Five gathers exciting new music by Terrace Martin, Artifacts, Mareike Wiening, Helen Sung, and Miles Okazaki with Dan Weiss.

The 10th TD James Moody Jazz Festival runs Nov. 5-21 at NJPAC. Take Five picks a few highlights: Dianne Reeves, Arturo O'Farrill, Buster Williams, Don Braden, and Anat Cohen (performing with Artemis and in an all-star tribute to George Wein).

From "Spiderweb" to "Zombie Tune," this edition of Take Five brings the Halloween vibe (complete with a funk jam by Scary Goldings).

Take Five features new tracks from an array of ascendant talent: saxophonists Houston Person, Remy Le Boeuf and Kazemde George, vibraphonist Nikara Warren, and the vocal group known as säje.

In advance of the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, Take Five features artists from its lineup — including King Britt with Tyshawn Sorey, Sara Schoenbeck with Roscoe Mitchell, Sylvie Courvoisier with Mary Halvorson, and Darius Jones.

Our first Take Five playlist in a while features new music that moves in mysterious ways, including a couple of pandemic gems.

Hear new music by pianists Kirk Lightsey and Renee Rosnes, Irreversible Entanglements and Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, along with a posthumous work from keyboardist Lyle Mays.