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Bach might be too boring. And Beethoven too deaf. Neither of these composers are the right fit for guitarist Jason Vieaux's ideal "dinner with the dead," so he picked a composer very much alive -- the 101-year-old Elliott Carter.

Hear a neglected but terrific Dutch soprano sing an aria from La Forza del Destino.

Taborn's solo album is full of wide-open spaces between notes, and very quiet dynamics.

Any new recording from the spectacular saxophonist James Carter is guaranteed to produce fireworks. But his new album, Caribbean Rhapsody, is his grandest work yet: It's an orchestral collaboration with the Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra.

Action-Refraction, the bassist and composer's new album, is mostly covers. He says that putting a personal spin on the songs he loves often requires breaking them apart.

Jazz and classical music have merged many times in the past and not always with pleasing results. But on the new album Caribbean Rhapsody, James Carter's saxophones combined with Roberto Sierra's compositions may set a new standard for collaborating.

The librarian extraordinaire sorts through the piles of books in her office and comes up with 10 captivating tales. With strong narrative voices and wonderfully drawn characters, these books will make you stop and savor the story.

They started as fans — unusually proactive fans from all over the world who met online through their shared love for New Orleans music. They wound up starting an unusual record label serving many of the city's best musicians.

"Never Stop" sounds like opening-credits music for a good independent film that doesn't exist yet.

A new album surveys the orchestral music of the undervalued Polish composer who was inspired by geometry, emotion and Chopin.