NPR Jazz

Flea's first musical love wasn't rock. It was jazz. The iconic bassist joins Christian McBride to talk about his debut solo album, Honora, and his return to the music that started it all.

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

In a set that spans Immanuel Wilkins' exceptional catalog, the jazz saxophonist brings the heat to the Tiny Desk.

In a new album, the Ukranian-born, New York-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi channels the horror and hope he's felt since Russia's incursion.

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that its founder, Wynton Marsalis, will step down as artistic director in July 2027.

In 1926, a generation of artists was born that reshaped jazz for decades. This episode celebrates eight centennials, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Tony Bennett and more.

Salvatore Geloso embodies the spirit of New Orleans through and through. His band inaugurates the first-ever Tiny Desk Contest takeover.

The R&B singer transforms the Tiny Desk into his own version of a jazz club, reimaging songs in ways we've never heard before.

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.