NPR Jazz

Ring in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world.

Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.

The 2026 NEA Jazz Masters are singer Carmen Lundy, keyboardist Patrice Rushen, percussionist Airto Moreira, and broadcaster Rhonda Hamilton. They'll be honored with a concert in April.

Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.

Prepare your face to assume and remain in the stank position. It's about to get funky.

Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression.

Jazz bassist Ray Drummond died on November 1, 2025 at the age of 78

Despite singing of heartbreak or sadness, Emily King's barely-contained excitement brightens the room between each tune.

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

With its fusion of funk, jazz, Afrobeats and R&B, the British band conveys a radical mission to choose joy.