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Pianist and composer Dave Burrell was an important part of the free jazz scene of the 1960s, recording with Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp and others. His new CD with his Full-Blown Trio, Expansion, marks Burrell's first recording for a U.S. label in almost 40 years.

The principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Great Britain talks about the challenges of working with orchestras when there is a language barrier. Most leading conductors spend their off season working as guest conductors with orchestras all over the world.

Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, is among the Oscar nominees for best foreign film. The German-made effort details the last days of Adolf Hitler, played by Bruno Ganz. Hirschbiegel and Ganz talk about the film in a wide-ranging interview.

Charlayne Woodward's play Flight puts the African-American storytelling tradition in the spotlight. Set in the South on the eve of the Civil War, the play centers on slave narratives -- testimonials about slavery by the slaves themselves. She talks to NPR's Roy Hurst about the challenges of creating a stage play centering on such challenging material.

Raised in a convent for abandoned kids, The Flight Attendant co-star used to dream of stability and a loving home. Now that she has it, Perez says, "It's priceless."

A new musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, opens this week on Broadway. Actual audience members are prescreened in order to take part in the show's spelling contest.

Frank Foster is among many jazz musicians who spent the 1940s and '50s playing jazz and thinking more about getting girls then getting paid. But Foster never planned to live this long. We discuss making a living in jazz.

She's half-Mexican, half-Puerto Rican, 15 years old, never leaves home without her cell phone - and happens to have spider senses. Araña Corazon is Marvel Comics' latest -- and most diverse -- addition to the Spider-Man legacy.

The Libertines are Britain's hottest dysfunctional band, and their music is produced by the Clash's Mick Jones. New Musical Express called them the most important band of its generation. Yet theirs is a troubled story — of breakups, break-ins, and drug addiction. From London, Matt Cowan reports.

In January 1856, fugitive slave Margaret Garner killed her infant daughter with a butcher knife rather than see her returned to bondage. Toni Morrison turned the story into the novel Beloved, and has now written an opera, Margaret Garner, which debuts Saturday. Detroit Public Radio's Celeste Headlee reports.