NPR Music - JAZZ

The Bad Plus Joshua Redman At Detroit Jazz Festival Both the saxophonist and the collaborative trio are among the most celebrated and thoughtful jazz acts of the last couple decades. Their new quartet together remakes each others' tunes. Read this story

FIRST LISTEN First Listen: Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus, 'The Bad Plus Joshua Redman'  The rangy, prolific jazz trio teams up with the tenor-sax great for a journey into the murky, terrifying, thrilling unknown. Read this story

MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ Lionel Hampton On Piano Jazz The influential vibraphonist duets with Marian McPartland in a set of favorite standards, including his own "Flying Home." Read this story

A BLOG SUPREME Bruce Lundvall, Jazz Record Executive, Has Died The longtime president of Blue Note Records, a lifelong jazz fan, signed artists such as Norah Jones, Joe Henderson and Robert Glasper. He died of complications due to Parkinson's Disease. He was 79. Read this story

JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA: THE RADIO PROGRAM A Tribute To Kenny Wheeler The late trumpeter's stunning compositions and imaginative improvisations left deep impressions on generations — such as Ingrid Jensen and Steve Treseler, who rearrange Wheeler's catalog. Read this story