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The Grammy-nominated saxophonist brought the house down with his reflective, danceable ballads.

In a concert recorded by Swiss Radio DRS2, the charismatic Richard Bona has a heavenly voice and plays a funky bass. His newest CD is Bona Makes You Sweat, and at the 2008 Basel Jazz Festival, he goes further than that. Bona makes you swoon, sing, stand up and boogie with his band from Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S.

Mary Lou Williams was not only present for nearly every development in jazz music — she was influential to most of them. In her compositions, arrangements, piano playing, and teaching, she constantly advanced jazz music.

You've seen Braxton Cook in this space before, but never out front. The alto saxophonist transforms the Tiny Desk with his own band.

Robert Glasper, Kendrick Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire and a handful of other Blue Note stars join forces on a new album called Our Point of View.

Wilson's Loverly won the 2009 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. With a wide variety of standards — from "St. James Infirmary" to "Til There Was You" — she stretches out on Loverly at the Chicago Symphony Center.

Pianist and composer Lambert performs evocative, cinematic instrumentals wearing a mask. He's also released dance remixes of his works and collaborated with bands, singers and electronic musicians.

The solo album by John Simon, a record producer who worked with many groups from the late 1960s and early '70s, is being reissued. Among one of Simon's most popular projects was his work with The Band and Blood, Sweat and Tears.

LCD Soundsystem's new album, called Sound of Silver, broadens the project's sound to make singer-writer-producer James Murphy's rhythms even more accessible.