A celebration too honor this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Amina Claudine Myers, Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard and Willard Jenkins. Watch live on Sat., April 13 at 7:30 p.m....
https://npr.org/2024/04/12/1244111174/2024-nea-jazz-masters-tribute-concert
Jazz Night shines a light on the artistry and activism of pianist and singer Hazel Scott, and the efforts to recover her legacy.
https://npr.org/2024/04/09/1241598862/-hazel-scott-jazz-unsung-artist-activist
One of the best acoustic guitarists in the world performs a live set for World Cafe.
https://npr.org/2024/04/04/1198910513/tommy-emmanuel-world-cafe-concert
What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week.
https://npr.org/2024/03/27/1240982266/8-tracks-new-jazz-underground-black-sabbath-remi-wolf
As a young singer, Mary Stallings shared the stage with legends. Though her career hasn't been a straight line, she's still swinging at 84, as she proves in a performance with the Emmet Cohen Tri...
The Grammy Award-winning artist talks about her latest album.
https://npr.org/2024/03/18/1198910384/norah-jones-album-visions
Music can shift, uplift or even subvert a scene. This week on 8 Tracks, we play music supervisor, imagining songs by Kamasi Washington and Carin León on the big screen.
https://npr.org/2024/03/11/1237545143/8-tracks-music-for-movies-of-the-mind
Can you taste color or hear pictures? You might have synesthesia. This week on 8 Tracks: A few songs that pirouette and paint, plus new music by Charli XCX, Mdou Moctar and TikTok shoegazer Wisp.
https://npr.org/2024/03/05/1235962882/8-tracks-synesthesia-julia-holter-charli-xcx-mdou-moctar-wisp
At a time when jazz was not widely seen in higher education, the alto saxophonist brought the wisdom learned on the bandstand to the classroom.
https://npr.org/2024/02/29/1234191474/how-jackie-mclean-made-hartford-a-destination-for-jazz
The Richmond, Va. band brings its signature hot and funky "solar music" to the Desk.
https://npr.org/2024/02/28/1234195743/tiny-desk-concert-butcher-brown