NPR Jazz

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.

Glover fought to build a life in music. From Portland, Ore., to New York City, her story traces resilience, creativity and the strength she found through sincerity.

Drummer Marcus Gilmore joins Christian McBride to celebrate his Vanguard debut and reflect on the legacy of his grandfather, Roy Haynes, while carving his own path with Journey to the New.