Jazz
Listen Gretchen Parlato, The Cookers On JazzSet WBGO
November 22, 2012 – Hear Caramoor Jazz Festival sets from a quietly affecting singer and a distinctive hard bop band. WBGO
Listen Billy Childs Quartet On JazzSet WBGO
November 15, 2012 – The pianist's quartet makes psychic connections to Freddie Hubbard in a set from The Blue Whale. WBGO
Watch Dayna Stephens Quartet : Live At Berklee WBGO
November 15, 2012 – The bi-coastal rising-star sax man, known for his work with Kenny Barron, leads his own band live. WBGO
Listen Dee Dee Bridgewater On JazzSet
November 9, 2012 – For JazzSet's 20th anniversary, Bridgewater leads her quintet from the Caramoor Jazz Festival.
Watch Omer Avital's Band Of The East: Live In Concert WBGO
November 8, 2012 – A top-notch jazz musician, the Israeli bassist surfaces his Middle Eastern roots in his own music. WBGO
Watch Greg Tardy Quintet: Live In Concert WBGO
November 7, 2012 – A monster saxophonist returns to New York, where his band awaited his arrival. WBGO
Listen Lewis Nash Quintet, Kurt Elling On JazzSet
October 25, 2012 – Back-to-back, hear the innovative drummer and nine-time Grammy-winning vocalist perform at Newport.
Listen John Ellis, Darcy James Argue On JazzSet WBGO
October 18, 2012 – Intense, forward-looking music for dancing and dreaming, recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival. WBGO
Watch Chihiro Yamanaka Trio: Live In Concert WBGO
October 18, 2012 – The pianist's imaginative virtuosity is beginning to translate to stateside jazz success. WBGO
Listen Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On JazzSet
October 4, 2012 – Hear the two-piano duo make a "unique sound that is the sum of both of us" at the Kennedy Center.
Listen Catherine Russell, Virginia Mayhew On JazzSet WBGO
September 27, 2012 – Russell and Mayhew present the music of Mary Lou Williams at the festival that bears her name. WBGO
Watch Dave Douglas Quintet: Live From 92Y Tribeca WBGO
September 19, 2012 – The trumpeter's new band, with folksinger Aoife O'Donovan, explores a carefully curated hymnal. WBGO
Listen Branford Marsalis Quartet On JazzSet WBGO
September 6, 2012 – Hear the first host of JazzSet bring his long-running quartet to the Napa Valley Opera House. WBGO
Listen Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
September 5, 2012 – A colorful drummer who proudly deploys his goofy joy, Wilson leads a long-running band in concert. WBGO
Listen Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis On JazzSet
August 30, 2012 – A violin channels Africa and a trumpet speaks to kids: a 2011 Newport Jazz double bill.