Nate Chinen

With plans scuppered thanks to the coronavirus, New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton invited two collaborators, Cliff Hines and Sasha Masakowski, to his home studio for two days of collaboration.

The pugnacious post-bop player and composer, who was mentored by Miles Davis, had been hospitalized since last Wednesday.

The pugnacious post-bop player and composer, who was mentored by Miles Davis and Clark Terry, had been hospitalized since last Wednesday.

Jazz Night in America features music from vocalist and songwriter René Marie. We'll hear the stories behind her songs and how she helps people feel more vulnerable and less afraid.

A quarter-century after it first formed, the storied ensemble of Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride reunites. Hear a premiere now.

The virtuoso is planning to release a new album with his band Little Big in a little more than a month. The timing couldn't be more surreal.

We explore the jazz roots of saxophonist and vocalist Camille Thurman's home borough of Queens and hear her play with both the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and with her band.

Host Rachel Martin talks to Nate Chinen of member station WBGO and Jazz Night in America about the toll of event cancellations and club closures due to the coronavirus on performing musicians.

From her roots in Australia to her growth in New York City, we hear the origin story of bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh and feature music from her latest project.

An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.

We bring you the glory, the decline and the renewal of jazz in Baltimore with trumpeter Sean Jones, NEA Jazz Master Todd Barkan and The Baltimore Jazz Collective.

The album, recorded in 1982 after Simone had relocated to France, captures the legendary artist reinvigorated and exploratory.

We are showing our deep appreciation for some of the greats who left us in 2019: Dr. John, Joseph Jarman, Ethel Ennis, Larry Willis, Ray Santos and Harold Mabern.

"It's fascinating how this guy could be this master draftsman and do hyper-realistic paintings, and then the next he puts the ear on the back of the guy's head."

The guitarist, who hails from a small town on the edge of the West Siberian Plain, competed against two Americans for one of, if not the, most prestigious prizes available to younger jazz artists.

It is, indeed, "the season" — but, along with the stress and the dark and the cold, come bright, healing moments like this one, from 2015.

Jazz Night stops by the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Hear a recap of a tour — the museum hosts more than 370 exhibits — and a performance by mambo big band Orquesta Akokán.

Jazz Night in America offers a three-artist sampler of vocalists. Get introduced to the gospel roots of Quiana Lynell, the salsa stylings of Jeremy Bosch and the harmonizing trio Duchess.

We revisit pianist, singer and composer Andy Bey throughout his life: growing up in Newark, N.J., working with Horace Silver, performing during his 1990s renaissance and now, looking back at 80.

The two instrumental masters came together for the first time in a gracious meeting of musical minds.