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"Adventures in Solitude" closes the band's fine new album without conserving hooks: Opening with a few spare verses and memorable interludes, the song soon blooms into a series of rich, warm-blooded choruses, as Neko Case rushes the spotlight and the strings sweep in.

Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists, but Duke Ellington spotlighted his men apart from the rest. Ellington specifically targeted his musicians' strengths and accentuated those attributes.

The final episode in seven programs devoted to the complete Chopin Mazurkas, this Friday (11/7 at 3 pm, rebroadcast Saturday 11/8 at 6 pm).

The fourth of seven programs devoted to the complete Chopin Mazurkas, this Friday (10/17 at 3 pm, rebroadcast Saturday 10/18 at 6 pm).

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

O'Neal's Whirling Mantis is named for a defensive move in karate. The martial-arts reference suggests one way to look at how O'Neal's music operates: The players react to each other's moves, deflecting one another in stylized interaction.

In his short but brilliant career, he pioneered a new standard of rapid-fire virtuosity on the electric bass and helped bridge the jazz and pop music of his day. Close collaborators offer a retrospective on Jaco Pastorius.

Singer Tierney Sutton burst onto the scene in 1999 with rave reviews for her first solo album, Introducing Tierney Sutton. Five albums later, critics and fans continue to marvel at her delicate, reflective vocal style. Hear an interview and performance on Piano Jazz.

The French drummer, who provided the driving beats on Peter Gabriel's 1986 hit album So, is a sideman to the stars — and a composer in his own right.

An evening broadcast entitled “Serenade and Fandango” comes your way this Monday (5/27 at 8 pm) and Saturday (6/1 at 2 pm).