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WBGO's Nate Chinen reflects on the year in jazz.

In this installment of Heavy Rotation, we partner with KCRW to bring you an exclusive download from Laura Mvula's Morning Becomes Eclectic session, as well as music from the post-punk band Savages, Portland songwriter Nick Jaina, Baltimore rapper Ellis and funk guitarist Shuggie Otis.

In 1976, during a legend-cementing career comeback, the New Orleans piano hero played a fierce rendition of "Mess Around" live in Chicago.

After an eight year absence, the release of a new Mobb Deep album would be notable enough, but it's the bonus disc of previously unheard sessions for The Infamous that send this package over the top.

Marking the 100th anniversary of An Alpine Symphony, take a guided tour through Strauss' evocative music with conductor Semyon Bychkov and author David Hurwitz as trail guides.

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

A proposed merger between EMI and Universal is drawing the scrutiny of regulators in the U.S. and Europe.

In 1989, two members of the rock band Superchunk launched a tiny record label. Twenty years later, amid the struggles of the music industry at large, Merge has become one of the most respected and successful companies in the business.

Calle 13 is one of the most popular hip-hop groups to come out of Puerto Rico. The duo has gained the love of its countrymen and the attention of fans all over the world by using its music to talk honestly about the lives of Puerto Ricans.

A tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia marked by peace and togetherness, Pete Seeger's tools were his songs, his voice, his enthusiasm and his musical instruments.