Latest Jazz Music
- Brooklyn Rider’s Nicholas Cords On Beethoven, Gratitude And The Power Of Creativity
In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Nicholas Cords is finding solace in a thankful musical sentiment from Beethoven.(Image credit: Erin Baiano/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - King Princess: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
From her "quarantine shed" in Hawaii, King Princess performs three songs from Cheap Queen in ways we never would have imagined. (Image credit: NPR/NPR) ... read more - John Prine, Revered Nashville Songwriter, Dies At 73 From COVID-19 Complications
The folk and country star had been hospitalized on a ventilator for more than a week.(Image credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ... read more - John Prine’s Songs Saw The Whole Of Us
The music of this quintessential Nashville songwriter and lifelong independent spirit makes room for the wide range of emotions that careen through people as they stumble and dance through life.(Image credit: Tom Hill/Getty Images) ... read more - John Prine, Hero Of ‘New’ Nashville, Dies After Developing COVID-19 Symptoms
The beloved singer-songwriter who influenced generations of folk, country and Americana artists died Tuesday at the age of 73.(Image credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ... read more - Fenway Park’s Organist Gives Fans That Ballpark Sound At Home — And He Takes Requests
Josh Kantor streams the music show on Facebook Live each day from his house in Cambridge, Mass. He says he'll keep going "until people get sick of it or until baseball starts up."(Image credit: Screengrab by NPR/7th-Inning Stretch on Facebook) ... read more - Hal Willner, ‘SNL’ Staple And Acclaimed Music Producer, Has Died
The multi-faceted and musically voracious producer died one day after his 64th birthday, which was Monday, at home in New York City. He had symptoms consistent with those caused by COVID-19.(Image credit: Bill Tompkins/Getty Images) ... read more - Andrea Bocelli To Perform In An Empty Duomo Cathedral On Easter Sunday
The Italian star will sing songs like "Ave Maria" live from the empty halls of one the world's most famous churches. (Image credit: Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more - The Enduring Afterglow Of Ravi Shankar’s Life In Music
Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100 years after his birth.(Image credit: Courtesy of the Shankar family) ... read more - Case Against Universal Music Over Warehouse Fire Dismissed
The suit, prompted by an investigation from the Times last year, had been whittled down to just one plaintiff.(Image credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more - Caroline Rose On ‘Superstar’, A Concept Album Recorded While She Gained Fame
In the aftermath of her previous album Loner's success, Caroline Rose's new record is a concept album about a person who wants to be famous. (Image credit: Cara Robbins/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Lisa Mezzacappa’s ‘Cosmicomics’ Riffs On Italo Calvino’s Scientific Surrealism
Mezzacappa's new sextet was inspired by stories from the late Italian writer. Cosmicomics is alive with slippery music, light-touch humor and sounds that curve through time and space. ... read more - Kendrick Lamar Thinks Like A Jazz Musician
The rapper behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN. helps hip-hop evolve by tapping into the restless spirit of jazz, a trait on display in the shifting song "DUCKWORTH.," produced by 9th Wonder.(Image credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more - 9th Wonder Breaks Down His Beats For Kendrick Lamar’s “Duckworth.”
Watch hip-hop producer 9th Wonder break down the three beats he composed that all went into a single song from Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer-winning album, "DAMN."(Image credit: NPR) ... read more - Press Pause And Hit Play: The Best New Songs You’ve Missed During Quarantine
A steady stream of great tunes have popped up on streaming services while coronavirus news has dominated headlines. Here's what you've missed.(Image credit: Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop) ... read more