Jazz
Listen Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
June 28, 2012 – The guitarist plays Albert Ayler and John Coltrane, dirty blues and fully liberated improvisation. WBGO
Listen Vanguard Jazz Orchestra On JazzSet WBGO
June 21, 2012 – With 46 years under its belt, the orchestra plays the music of Bob Brookmeyer and Thad Jones. WBGO
Watch Antonio Sanchez And Migration: Live In Concert WBGO
June 17, 2012 – International jazz stars want him as a drummer. But he's also a composer of open, soaring music. WBGO
Listen A Tribute To Abbey Lincoln On JazzSet WBGO
June 14, 2012 – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson sing from the Abbey Lincoln songbook. WBGO
Listen Sean Jones, Jeff 'Tain' Watts On JazzSet
June 7, 2012 – The trumpeter and the drummer each bring high-energy bands to the Detroit Jazz Festival.
Listen Russell Malone Trio On JazzSet
May 31, 2012 – The guitarist's uptempo tunes swing and his ballads melt at the Kennedy Center.
Watch Henry Cole And The Afrobeat Collective: Live In Concert WBGO
May 30, 2012 – As part of an 11-piece band, the drummer locates the African heart of Caribbean party music. WBGO
Watch Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Live In Concert WBGO
May 30, 2012 – In his search for the emotional core of modern jazz, the guitarist wrote a batch of nifty tunes. WBGO
Listen Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White On JazzSet WBGO
May 17, 2012 – Hear a charged acoustic set featuring the near-reunion of the fusion pioneers in Return to Forever. WBGO
Listen 'Miles Davis And Gil Evans: Still Ahead' On JazzSet WBGO
May 10, 2012 – Terence Blanchard plays Miles Davis' role with commitment and emotion in a concert from Monterey. WBGO
Listen Moshier-Lebrun Collective Presents 'Touch And Go' On JazzSet WBGO
May 3, 2012 – Download a jazz piece inspired by historian, radio man and jazz fan Studs Terkel. WBGO
Watch Third World Love: Live In Concert WBGO
April 26, 2012 – Folk dances of Africa and the Middle East come to the fore in the bouncy sway of this quartet. WBGO
Watch Now Vs. Now: Live In Concert WBGO
April 26, 2012 – Jason Lindner's electro-groove trio refracts the sounds of New York City, from bebop to way beyond. WBGO
Listen Toots Thielemans On JazzSet, With Kenny Werner WBGO
April 26, 2012 – We celebrate the harmonica master's 90th birthday with a concert from the Kennedy Center. WBGO
Listen Martin Bejerano Trio On JazzSet WBGO
April 19, 2012 – Potential Energy Suite is like a sonata that grooves. Hear the new work from Symphony Space. WBGO