NPR Music, JAZZ

Because It's Never Too Soon To Survey The Year In Jazz, 5 Songs For 2014 It may seem as if jazz recordings have slowed to a flurry, but it's more like a blizzard, with dozens already coming down in the new year. Hear highlights from a few albums worth shoveling out, by Archie Shepp, Edward Simon, James Brandon Lewis and more. Read this story

A BLOG SUPREME After 18 Years Of Marriage And Two Children, A Couple Releases Their Debut Albums Growing up in Denver, Rudy and Shamie Royston dreamed about moving to a jazz hub like New York. After a few welcome delays to teach and raise a family, they're beginning to pursue careers as performing musicians. Read this story

MUSIC REVIEWS In Session: Frank Wess' 'Magic 201' Offers One Last Lesson There's something tender and specific about the ways elders like Frank Wess shaped their notes. Read this story

MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ Grace Kelly On Piano Jazz The then-16-year-old jazz phenom sings "All the Things You Are" and plays "Round Midnight" in a 2008 session with Marian McPartland. Read this story

CODE SWITCH Remaking All That Jazz From Shanghai's Lost Era Many Shanghai jazz standards of the 1930s and '40s were banned in China after the Chinese Communist Party took over. But they reemerged decades later through cover versions. Now, the songs are back again in a new cover album by a Chinese-American electronic artist and a jazz singer from Shanghai. Read this story