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He was born and raised in Spain, and came to New York to study — much like a Spanish poet who came before him. The jazz bassist sets the volume Poeta en Nueva York to music in this live broadcast.

Nearing 70, the master drummer is as dynamic as ever. For his second gig at Newport, he opens his Rolodex to welcome leading lights like guitarist Lionel Loueke and bassist Christian McBride.

A long-running piano trio sui generis meets one of its heroes, a guitarist down for anything involving good musicians. Here, the group pays tribute to the late drummer and composer Paul Motian.

Since he came over from Cuba, the percussionist has found a place in scores of bands. Here, he's the star. He leads a quartet which goes beyond what you'd think of Afro-Cuban music or jazz.

Watch Hot Chip, sans producer Joe Goddard (he flew in late because he's a new dad), perform "Night and Day," in The Current studios, the day before the band embarked on its North American tour.

Hear the repertory ensemble organized by Mingus' widow spark the action in a performance at Newport.

Violinist Gil Shaham joined conductor Franz Welser-Möst and the orchestra for Brahms' Violin Concerto plus the Shostakovich Sixth and the New York premiere of Kaija Saariaho's 'Laterna Magica.'

Jordan Cook, a.k.a. Reignwolf, makes enough noise in this fiery rendition of "In the Dark" to match a dozen metalheads.

This soulful songwriter has been gigging around the Twin Cities for a couple of years. Her new album shows why she deserves a national audience. Watch Brown perform the uplifting "After You" live.

The Brooklyn psych-pop band, on tour for its new album Shields, stopped by the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20. Hear our recording of the show.

After beating out more than 2,000 entries, the winner of 2011's Mountain Stage NewSong contest performs tracks from his new album, One Silver Needle.

The season is a-changing, and Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel have just the tune. Watch the duo perform "October," the lead single from its first album in almost five years.

Hear the legendary reggae artist play nearly 50 years' worth of hits during an outdoor concert in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Bandshell.

In three collaborations in the late 1950s, Gil Evans and Miles Davis steered their projects into a new era for jazz. Terence Blanchard plays Davis' role with commitment and emotion in this set.

"Hymn #76" is no starry-eyed tale of soap-opera love. Pug sings about the real thing, commitment, which is nothing without faith. A tender hymn proves to be the perfect vehicle for Pug's message.

The celebrated English conductor leads his Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir in a performance of one of Beethoven's most expansive and searching works: the Missa Solemnis.

Few jazz bandleaders are as active — and as actively acclaimed — as saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas. They've launched a band with friends new and old. Hear a live performance.

The singer-songwriter and pianist performed an exclusive concert for KCRW listeners at Apogee's Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica. Watch her end the special evening with "The Party."

Lovett gives a loose, engaging performance that feels like both an introduction and a victory lap. With a fresh-faced accompanist in fiddler and backup singer Luke Bulla, Lovett digs way back into his early archives here: All three of these songs are from his beginnings in the late '80s.

NPR Music, WQXR and (Le) Poisson Rouge host a evening that spans great Western and Middle Eastern music with members of an inspiring orchestra, led by one of classical music's most eminent artists.