NPR Music - JAZZ

Jason Moran And The Bandwagon At The Kennedy Center "This is our house," says the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center, introducing his long-running trio. The pianist plays the music of Fats Waller and other surprises. Read this story

JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA VIDEOS How To Turn A One-Man Band Into A 10-Piece Orchestra When trumpeter and composer/arranger Steven Bernstein started working with the virtuoso pianist Henry Butler, certain unique ideas — "Henryisms" — came to the fore. Read this story

JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA: THE RADIO PROGRAM The Many Sides Of David Murray A hugely talented performer who also collaborates and composes at an astonishing rate, the saxophonist returned to New York recently for three different sets with three of his many different bands. Read this story

MUSIC The Doctor Is In: Eddie Henderson On Life As 'The Funk Surgeon' A veteran of both music and medicine, Henderson got his first trumpet lesson from Louis Armstrong, played in Herbie Hancock's band and once had Thelonious Monk as a patient. Read this story

MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ Jackie Cain On Piano Jazz Cain lends her smooth, feathery voice to "Wait 'Til You See Her" and "You Don't Know What Love Is." Read this story