Take Five

Archie Shepp, the fearless saxophonist, composer, playwright and poet, was born on May 24, 1937. As he turns 85, we honor his recorded legacy with a special edition of Take Five.

This week's Take Five features new music by Shabaka Hutchings, Pasquale Grasso, Florian Hoefner, ChimyTina, and Vieux Farqua Touré.

Take Five celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with new music by Joey Alexander, Satoko Fujii, Jake Shimabukuro, Kalia Vandever, and Anthony Fung.

For this year's 4/20, we've got a Take Five takeover — by Jazz Cabbage, a forthcoming limited-run podcast exploring the cultural intersection of jazz and cannabis.

Hear radiant new music by pianists Nduduzo Makhathini, Tord Gustavsen and Cameron Graves, trombonist Kalia Vandever, and saxophonist Daniel Rotem.

What better way to celebrate our latest class of NEA Jazz Masters — Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson, and Donald Harrison, Jr. — than with their music?

Take Five spotlights a new album by Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, along with recent or forthcoming releases by pianist Gerald Clayton, saxophonists Mark Turner and Roxy Coss, and a band named GEORGE.