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In Conversation with Sonny Rollins

No living artist has done more than Sonny Rollins to define the role of the tenor sax in jazz. Rollins talks with jazz.com's Stuart Nicholson in a free-wheeling interview.

Early Django

Django Reinhardt by Suzanne Cerny

Thomas Cunniffe looks back at the early career of the great gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, and highlights twelve essential performances.

New Orleans: 100 Tracks

New Orleans Second Line by Bob Graham

Editor Ted Gioia and a dozen writers present a survey of the history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. In part one we cover 1848-1956.

Steve Coleman on Bird

Charlie Parker by Merryl Jaye

Steve Coleman provides an in-depth analysis of key recordings by the pioneering altoist in this Guest Artist Dozens, edited by Ted Panken.

Essential Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell by Michael Wilson

Jazz.com's Eric Novod surveys the career of guitarist Bill Frisell, and highlights twelve essential tracks covering a quarter of a century of music-making.

Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard by Jenny Bagert

Grammy Award winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard is a much-admired jazz soloist and composer. Blanchard talks with Ted Panken.

Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett by Rose Anne Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is a defining figure in music, setting the mark as a solo pianist, composer, leader and classical pianist. He talks with Stuart Nicholson.