100 YEARS OF JAZZ AT CARNEGIE HALL

Saxophonist Eric Darius: New Jersey born, New Jersey bound

As Miles Davis’s centennial is celebrated around the world, keyboardist and producer Jason Miles reflects on helping shape the trumpeter’s late-career sound on Tutu, Amandla, and Music from Siesta. From synthesizers and sampling to popcorn and boxing at Miles’ house, Miles shares memories of friendship, innovation, and the restless drive to keep evolving.

Singers Unlimited co-hosts Janis Siegel and Lezlie Harrison in conversation with their idol, Carmen Lundy

A new documentary, KÖLN TRACKS, revisits the mythology surrounding The Köln Concert, Keith Jarrett’s iconic 1975 solo performance that became the best-selling solo piano album in jazz history. Through conversations with filmmaker Vincent Duceau and pianist Dan Tepfer, Leo Sidran explores how memory, limitation, and myth helped shape one of jazz’s most enduring recordings.

Enduring Sonance, Wilson’s new release from Smoke Sessions Records, shows him in the excellent company of Renee Rosnes on piano & Fender Rhodes, vibraphonist Joe Locke, bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Kendrick Scott, and special guest Kevin Newton on french horn.

On what would have been his 98th birthday, Leo Sidran remembers Johnny Griffin, the Chicago-born tenor saxophonist known as “The Little Giant.” Through Griffin’s own words, we revisit his belief that jazz was made by people who chose to feel good in spite of conditions, and how he eventually found a different rhythm of life in France.

Comparing Billie's approach to some of her favorite songs.

Celebration the 60th anniversary of Speak No Evil, the 1966 masterpiece by Wayne Shorter that stands as one of the defining works of post-bop music. Guest Jeremy Pelt joins the conversation to talk about this classic and his brand new album.

Singer songwriter Emily Cavanagh on how she accidentally became famous in Ireland, started her non profit Song For You, lost the use of her legs and had to relearn how to walk, and what it means to spend a career at the intersection of songs and service.