J'Nai Bridges performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. J'Nai Bridges hide caption
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Saba (left), Lizzo (center) and Rosalía have released some of our favorite songs of the year so far. Collage by Estefanía Mitre / NPR/Photos courtesy of the artists hide caption
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From bebop to hip-hop: Gary Bartz's sax sound shapes many eras
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From bebop to hip-hop: Gary Bartz's sax sound shapes many eras
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd, performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2018. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Trio of albums gives saxophonist Charles Lloyd the opportunity to search inward
USA. Mississippi. Tunica. 1985. © Eli Reed/Magnum Photos hide caption
Vadim Neselovskyi. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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For pianist Vadim Neselovskyi, Ukraine war adds urgency to his most personal work
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For pianist Vadim Neselovskyi, Ukraine war adds urgency to his most personal work
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Honoring the iconic blues and ironic humor of Mose Allison
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Honoring the iconic blues and ironic humor of Mose Allison
James Francies performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. James Francies hide caption
Cory Wong at 2021 Newport Jazz Festival Adam Kissick/Newport Jazz hide caption
The sunshine of guitarist Cory Wong
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The sunshine of guitarist Cory Wong
Svaneborg Kardyb performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Max Roach's 1960 landmark 'We Insist!' proves timeless in a reissue
Skylar Tang, a 16-year-old from the San Francisco Bay area, is the winner of the Dr. J. Douglas White Composing & Arranging Contest. John Clayton/ Skylar Tang hide caption
Who says big band jazz is for old people? Not this teenage composer.
Bassist Ron Carter Jonathan Chimene/WBGO hide caption
Ron Carter at 85: tracks and stories from the life of a record-setting bassist
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Ron Carter at 85: tracks and stories from the life of a record-setting bassist
Ron Carter performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. Ron Carter hide caption
Critics say Ron Carter left a big footprint in music, especially for bassists. Didier Baverel/Getty Images hide caption
From left to right, clockwise: Pusha T, Myra Melford, Syd, Horace Andy, Straw Man Army. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
NPR's favorite music of April, from broken-hearted R&B to paranoid post-punk
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Albert Ayler performing under a geodesic dome on July 25, 1970. Revelations contains the full recordings from the saxophonist's two-night stint at Fondation Maeght outside Nice, France. Philippe Gras/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The nouveau swing of Donald Harrison Jr., Big Chief and NEA Jazz Master
Flora Purim's If You Will is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last. Mel Gabardo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Greg Tate (right) levitates while conducting Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber. Laura Williams/Courtesy of the artist hide caption