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Felix Contreras reflects on his four-part series on the plight of aging jazz artists, and how he it came about.

As a World War II veteran and a jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck has seen the best and worst of humanity. He is sustained by his belief that faith in God and love will win over conflict and destruction.

In 2000, Jill Scott's critically acclaimed, platinum-selling debut CD pushed the R&B singer into the spotlight. Scott's latest project tackles a different, yet equally lyrical genre: poetry. She shares her personal poetry collection in The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours.

Performance Today travels to the Nordic countries of Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. Hear music from Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, Finnish band JPP, Hardanger fiddler Loretta Kelley and Swedish fiddler Andrea Hoag.

Saxophonist Mike Phillips decided to play professionally by the age of 16, taking his cues from legendary sax player Grover Washington. Phillips discusses mixing business with jazz, touring with Prince and his new CD, Uncommon Denominator.

One hundred years ago today, lyricist Dorothy Fields was born. She wrote dozens of hit songs for Broadway shows and Hollywood musicals, including Sweet Charity, which is currently being revived on Broadway. Jeff Lunden has this appreciation.

Art Silverman visits the Bob Dylan Shrine in Old Bridge, N.J. Mel Prussack, a semi-retired 64-year-old former drugstore owner, has crammed four decades of memorabilia into the second floor of his split-level home.

Felix Contreras offers an appreciation of Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, who died over the weekend. Ferrer played a starring role in the Buena Vista Social Club, a group of musicians re-discovered by music fans around the world. Their recordings, concerts and a popular documentary helped revive a classic Afro-Cuban musical style called son.

Pianist Bruce Adolphe offers a new puzzle for classical music fans. He rewrites a popular melody in the style of a classical composer and challenges listeners to identify both. This week's contestant is Alice Hooker of Berea, Ky.

Karen Grigsby Bates remembers musical innovator Robert Moog, who died recently of a brain tumor at the age of 71. His signature creation, the Moog Synthesizer, transformed electronic currents into sounds that could be almost infinitely modified, sparking a revolution in how music is created.