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A modern jazz survey at ground level, from stone classics to state-of-the-art jams.

Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.

The year was filled with new music from artists new to the jazz scene, and seasoned veterans adding to their discographies.

Bucky Pizzarelli and his son, John, have been collaborating since John was a kid. They perform live in NPR's studios.

One would be hard-pressed to find a modern composition that deserves the title of “standard” more than Roy Hargrove’s “Strasbourg-St. Denis.”

The band's unique sound, driven by its peculiar blend of trumpet, winds and strings, seems like a compelling soundtrack for an age when music genres are becoming increasingly arbitrary.

The pianist builds R&B with old-school values: singers who don't need software, live improvising, hand-built beats.

The Grammy-winning bassist, bandleader and broadcaster talks about his love for music, family ties in the jazz world, and the thrill of sitting in with Wynton Marsalis as a teenager.

Ring in the New Year with electric live performances by Hiromi, Red Baraat, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and Lizz Wright.

Dr. John Paul McGee, Ph.D. (AKA Dr. JP) new album A GospeJazzical Christmas brightens up the holidays with 11 tracks of original and classic Christmas selections with his unique Gospejazzical sound: a pianistic amalgam of gospel, jazz and classical genres.