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The Sicilian jazz pianist performs her own tune "Dark Blue," and host Marian McPartland joins in for Cole Porter's "I Love You."

Hear the songwriter and master keyboardist perform with host Marian McPartland on this 1987 episode.

The acclaimed jazz pianist and Harvard music professor talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the Vijay Iyer Sextet's new album, Far From Over, and the politics that inspired it.

Backed by a classical trio, the beloved actor and comedian belts out Bernstein and Gershwin and recites American poetry and prose.

The alto saxophonist stops by to present a master class in improvisation on the standards with host Marian McPartland.

An outsized number of jazz heavyweights call Houston and its surrounding area home — here, they speak of the situation down south and their concerns for its future.

The second solo album from the Liturgy, Zs and Ex Eye drummer sounds like a celestial hummingbird feeding from the nectar of the cosmos.

Aided by producer Joe Henry, the jazz and gospel singer strikes a balance between ecstasy and empathy on her sixth album.

Spalding will spend 77 hours creating her new album, "Exposure," and the entire session will be streamed for fans to see.

The opera, presented by Opera Philadelphia with the Apollo Theater, had its world premiere Sept. 16. It revisits the house at the center of the bombing and its impact on Philadelphia's youth today.