Jon Batiste Leads A Private Street Parade Atop A Fort

O'er the ramparts of 190-year-old Fort Adams, the bandleader urged our cameras to "Believe in Love."

What Is A Polyrhythm? Beats Taking Turns

Miguel Zenón likes to stack beats atop each other while telling a story about national identity.

Tiny Desk Concerts

Sun Ra Arkestra

With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.

The Funky Tune That Was Too Big For Miles Davis

Trumpeter Wallace Roney resurrects a long-lost orchestral composition meant for his famous mentor.

Field Recordings

The Fastest Fingers At The Festival, For Django Reinhardt

These European gypsy jazz masters closed the Newport Jazz Festival. Then they played one more.

Norah Jones' Dream Band

The singer-songwriter performs live with her labelmates, some of whom are modern jazz stars.

Wayne Shorter Revises Himself

Watch the great jazz composer and his band launch new ideas off old themes in a live concert.

Salty Laughs And A Greasy Helping Of The Blues

Two artists who defined hard bop and soul jazz revisit the hits — but not without some commentary.

A Half-Century Of Collaboration In Duet

They first recorded together in 1966. They've been working together ever since. Watch a duet.

Tiny Desk Concerts

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.