Bassist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland discusses his career and the collaborative nature of jazz.

2024 NEA Jazz Master for Jazz Advocacy Willard Jenkins discusses his life immersed in jazz.

A musical podcast with pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and 2024 Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers exploring her life in music from gospel to jazz.

Saxophonist and 2024 NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz talks about his life in music.

Celebrating 1984 NEA Jazz Master Max Roach’s centenary with a conversation about the documentary “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” with co-directors Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro.

Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett talks about his life in music.

The late NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal talks about his celebrated career in this 2012 interview.

An interview with Regina Carter, part 1:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman.

In part two of our interview, Violinist and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter discusses some of the highlights of her spectacular career.

Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised music.

In this tuneful podcast, bassist Stanley Clarke talks about his long and storied career, including his musical partnerships with Chick Corea and their band Return to Forever, his solo career, his collaboration with George Duke, and his approach to wo...

Meet 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson and hear about her long and rich singing career in this tuneful podcast

A wide-ranging talk with 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, Jr.

The late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones talks about his life in music.

We revisit a conversation with 2019 NEA Jazz Master composer, conductor, and arranger Maria Schneider who creates highly original and evocative compositions for her jazz orchestra.

Virtuoso drummer and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington talks about career and her advocacy for “jazz without patriarchy.”

The rhythms of a master.

For Phil Schaap, jazz continues to be a wonder, a joy, and a passion.

Henry Threadgill continues his work on music’s cutting edge.

Meet Dorthaan Kirk, the recipient of the 2020 NEA Jazz Master award for jazz advocacy.

2006 NEA Jazz Master pianist and composer Chick Corea talked to us about his love of performing and composing and the art of play.

A 90th birthday celebration of tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins

Here’s Roscoe Mitchell: Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master