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One of the most popular stylists in contemporary jazz, the pianist joined Marian McPartland for a 1985 session.

D'Ambrosio — a vocalist, pianist, visual artist, composer and teacher — joined Marian McPartland in 1994.

Back in 1995, the young pianist demonstrated extraordinary talent on standards.

Marian McPartland praises the trumpeter's warmth and virtuosity in a Piano Jazz episode from 2000.

The roots-rock band plays the Americana Music Honors & Awards with strings and backup singers.

The pianist and saxophonist was a frequent collaborator with Charles Mingus and Maynard Ferguson.

Hear from the Massachusetts folk-pop band, which made host Larry Groce's favorite song of 2015.

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

The multi-instrumentalist joins Marian McPartland for Duke Ellington and Gershwin tunes in 1997.

Bates plays a solo concert in West Virginia, accompanied only by his own acoustic guitar. The singer-songwriter's set includes "Lucinda," a heartfelt tribute to one of his greatest influences.

Host Marian McPartland honors the prolific jazz critic by performing a "Portrait Of Nat Hentoff" in this 2006 broadcast.

A satirical look at globalization in the fashion of Voltaire's Candide, the novel X Out of Wonderland by David Cates is based in part on the author's own travels. In addition to writing, Cates directs Missoula Medical Aid, a health-clinic supply program in Honduras.

Hear Bright Eyes perform live from Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club with special guests Tilly and the Wall and CocoRosie.

The Sphinx Competition in Detroit is just one arm of multi-dimensional organization whose goal is to increase black and Latino participation in classical music. From this year's competition, Junior Division winner Gabriel Cabezas plays a movement of the J.C. Bach Cello Concerto in C minor with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra.

IRS investigators are cracking down on wealthy people who put their money into elaborately designed tax shelters. U.S. officials say tax avoidance schemes marketed to wealthy corporations and individuals exploded in the 1990s. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

This is the fifth pair of brothers to play together as starters in the All Stars since 1942

They report the great playwright did not entirely make his living in the theater. He was also a merchant, a moneylender and a tax dodger. In 1598, he was prosecuted for hoarding grain during a famine.

The Duke of Sussex has a lot to say in his new memoir.

The "Jena Six" are still in the national spotlight, but it took several months for the racially charged story to get picked up by the mainstream media. The story simmered on blogs and social networking sites for months, gradually building an online life of its own.

Before President Bush laid out his plan on Friday, automakers had pleaded with Congress not once, but twice before it fell to the White House. Lots of politicking went into getting the deal to where it is, and many members of Congress remain doubtful.