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She turns her attention to her voice in an interview and studio performance with Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz.

Soprano Patricia Racette stars in the title role of Janacek's devastating, yet stunningly beautiful drama Jenufa, in a production from the Washington National Opera.

The ever-evolving Pat Metheny constantly experiments with new technology, honing his improvisational skills and refining his unique style. On this episode of Piano Jazz, Pat Metheny performs with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanche.

In the 1940s, saxophonist Don Byas (1912-1972) was a pivotal player, but he's no longer well known. James Carter brings back Byas's glorious sound, in a tribute with the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw recorded live at the 2006 North Sea Jazz Festival.

The Bell's wiry guitar-rock recalls many of the bands that came up in the wake of, or were contemporaries to, Echo and the Bunnymen. The group's debut CD, Make Some Quiet, draws on these influences, while also recalling the post-punk pop of Interpol.

Capturing seven of America's greatest jazz musicians at the height of their powers in Europe, the DVD collection Jazz Icons offers a fresh perspective on the likes of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck.

In a mid-'50s jazz landscape increasingly dominated by bebop's aftermath, the largely forgotten band Les Jazz Modes stood apart. "Hoo-Tai" finds the group's chops integrating deftly with its orchestral experiments, and the sum is a finely sculpted, acutely appealing jazz tune.

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews two new CD reissues showcasing great jazz pianists: We Three, featuring the Tennessee-born pianist Phineas Newborn, and Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Both were recorded in the fall of 1958.

A new exhibit in New York shows what the statues ACTUALLY looked like.

I'm into piano, but it's also my frenemy. When I get frustrated with something I'm trying to learn, we stop talking for months. But then I hear a pop song and my brain leaps to how I would play it.