Meshell Ndegeocello (feat. Brandee Younger & Julius Rodriguez), 'Virgo'
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:01:01 GMT
Ndegeocello doesn't conform to anybody else's idea of the celestial plane. When she sings of supernovas, she sounds like a witness.
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:01:01 GMT
Ndegeocello doesn't conform to anybody else's idea of the celestial plane. When she sings of supernovas, she sounds like a witness.
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:15:00 GMT
Two musical worlds collide as jazz pianist Dan Tepfer finds inspiration, and room for improvisation, in J.S. Bach's Two-Part Inventions.
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:11:00 GMT
Raised in lily-white Cape Cod, Mass. while one of the few persons of color around, Esperanza found their voice the old-fashioned way: by searching for it.
Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:14:28 GMT
Jazz Night takes a moment to commemorate Wayne Shorter and his eternal body of work – with concert performances, unaired interviews and music picks from our host Christian McBride.
Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:00:19 GMT
Shorter's biographer, Michelle Mercer, recalls the many "isms" and lessons she learned from her time working with the legendary composer and saxophonist on his biography, Footprints.
Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:54:19 GMT
Joshua Abrams and band don't improvise as much as they coalesce, calibrating the 13-minute piece through an ongoing, call-and-response of tasteful solos and shimmering drones.
Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:00:37 GMT
Sánchez observes the world with a drummer's sensibilities. Here, he and his pals in Bad Hombre explore the rhythm of language in a set of tracks from Sánchez's latest album.
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:00:59 GMT
Rooted in the lineage of Black music, Younger interprets a tune by Dorothy Ashby, a pioneer of genre-bending harp.
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:57:00 GMT
Artists in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds, and bringing high school musicians from both places together in a funky cultural exchange.
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:01:12 GMT
The trumpeter brings his unmistakably chill attitude and determination to expand the sound of jazz to this stripped-down Tiny Desk set.
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:03:00 GMT
Russian-born violinist Nataly Merezhuk explores the history of jazz in the former Soviet Union in her new album: Jazz on Bones.
Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:01:20 GMT
Multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes has explored mass incarceration for the last eight years. With this sizeable grant, he hopes to sustain "The Healing Project" for decades to come.
Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:00:37 GMT
Don't be shocked by the 23-year-old jazz singer's breakneck rise from precocious college student to best new artist Grammy nominee. In those few years, she's been building three careers at once.
Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:11:00 GMT
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to pianist Lara Downes about her interview series Amplify, which examines how Black artists today might find themselves in a new cultural renaissance.
Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:00:42 GMT
Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the 23-year-old, Grammy-nominated sensation about balancing the demands of a surging career and the women artists who paved the way.