John Coltrane (left) and Eric Dolphy on stage at the Village Gate in New York City in the summer of 1961. A recording of the performance, once thought lost, was recently discovered in the New York Public Library. Herb Snitzer/Courtesy of Impulse! Records hide caption
In 2018, Prince's estate released a recording from the artist's fabled vault called Piano & A Microphone 1983. Allen Beaulieu/The Prince Estate hide caption
Eric Dolphy in Copenhagen, 1961. JP Jazz Archive/Redferns hide caption
Woody Shaw made his first recordings 50 years ago at age 18. Tom Copi/San Francisco hide caption
Wayne Shorter's 2003 album Alegria finds the saxophonist and composer matching his quartet with orchestral textures. Thomas Dorn/Verve Records hide caption
Agalloch and Ludicra drummer Aesop Dekker says he thinks Bobby Hutcherson is a sorcerer. Ross Sewage/Courtesy of Profound Lore hide caption
Empirical. William Ellis hide caption
A collage of records. Christopher Toothman/NPR hide caption
There's more to jazz flute than Anchorman's Ron Burgundy. Courtesy of Dreamworks SKG hide caption