Trumpeter and arranger Steven Bernstein says that virtuoso pianist Henry Butler is “everything you ever loved about music, all being in one place.” Their collaboration transforms early blues songs.

The monstrously talented and astoundingly prolific tenor saxophonist returned to New York this winter to present a four-clarinet summit and a new trio with Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington.

Manchester shares her new single and her achingly slow rendition of the Ronettes classic “Be My Baby.” She also reprises a few of her hit songs, including “Come in from the Rain.”

A half century ago, a small but important label recorded Miles, Trane, Sonny and Monk. A trio led by the rising star drummer Jamison Ross takes on classics from the Prestige catalog.

The supergroup of contemporary Blue Note Records artists — names like Robert Glasper, Lionel Loueke and Ambrose Akinmusire — gather together for a program of originals and Blue Note classics.

One comes from a line of New Orleans piano geniuses. Another comes from New York’s downtown scene. They bonded over old jazz, and together, inject modern twists into early repertoire.

McBride, host of NPR’s new program Jazz Night In America, talks to Audie Cornish about two exciting new jazz records, as well as two birthdays he says he can’t wait to celebrate.

On this episode of Piano Jazz from 1988, David Letterman’s bandleader plays the standard “All The Things You Are” and teams up with host Marian McPartland for “Isn’t She Lovely.”