The host of Piano Jazz picks what she loves right now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Wadada Leo Smith. Scott Groller hide caption
Jim Hall performs at the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Chick Corea performs in Melbourne, Australia in February 2011. Corea and a new version of his band Return to Forever tour the U.S. and Europe this summer. Martin Philbey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Branford Marsalis (left) and Joey Calderazzo. Stephen Sheffield/Marsalis Music hide caption
Agalloch and Ludicra drummer Aesop Dekker says he thinks Bobby Hutcherson is a sorcerer. Ross Sewage/Courtesy of Profound Lore hide caption
Steve Lacy: the Bob Dylan of avant-garde jazz? Josh Sinton thinks so. Laurence M. Svirchev hide caption
Steve Wilson introduces five alto saxophonists who've mastered this beast of a horn. John Abbott hide caption
Pianist Horace Silver recorded a number of classic albums for Blue Note, including Song for My Father and The Jody Grind. Francis Wolff/Mosaic Images hide caption
Freddie Hubbard on the cover of First Light. Courtesy of CTI Records hide caption
Arturo O'Farrill took over the baton of the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra from his father, Latin jazz pioneer Chico O'Farrill. John Abbott/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eliane Elias. Courtesy of the artist hide caption