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Martín Selasco's electro-cumbia project Terror/Cactus welcomes jazz reed player Kate Olson on new single.

Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride introduces two embodiments of musical versatility from the Pacific Northwest: trombonist Julian Priester and vocalist Ernestine Anderson.

Hiatus Kaiyote's new album Love Heart Cheat Code is unbound by any one style. Bassist Paul Bender spoke with KNKX about the band's jazz inspiration and the new album.

Celebrated Canadian jazz vocalist Eleanor Collins lived life on her own terms, making major contributions to her country and community. She died at 104.

A contemporary of John Coltrane who helped establish UW's jazz curriculum, Joe Brazil's Black Academy of Music changed lives in Seattle's Central District.

Growing up in Denver, Rudy and Shamie Royston dreamed about moving to a jazz hub like New York. After a few welcome delays to teach and raise a family, they're beginning to pursue careers as performing musicians.

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

Some people are said to "follow a path" in their creative life, but a path is not enough for bassist Charlie Haden. For more than 50 years, he's been building his own musical freeway. To follow him down that freeway is one of the richest experiences in American music. It's Haden's birthday this week, so here's a chance to celebrate with five of his best songs.

Despite facing discrimination in the jazz world for being a woman and Japanese, Toshiko Akiyoshi pressed on — becoming a composer-arranger for big bands, working with Charles Mingus and receiving critical acclaim.

Jimmy Greene's new album is dedicated to his daughter, one of the 20 children killed in the elementary school shooting. "She showed love," he says, "to everybody she came in contact with."