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On a new CD, Streams of Expression, tenor sax player Joe Lovano performs three songs arranged by Gil Evans for the Miles Davis Nonet. The selections form the origins of the "cool sound" in jazz. They're part of a suite sewn together by Gunther Schuller, who played with Davis.

Morrissey has been a fixture on the pop-music landscape for more than two decades. Music critic John Brady says listening to his eighth solo album is like having a conversation with a neighbor — a mopey, gothic, somewhat strange but always exciting neighbor.

The pianist has performed with legends such as Chet Baker and Lee Konitz and earned accolades from Pacific Northwest jazz publications. His playful variations and improvisations are often compared to Bill Evans. Hear an interview and performance recorded by KPLU.

An orchestra of steel drum students from Paris with their teacher, world music star Andy Narell, perform a once-in-a-lifetime set. They stir up colorful, shimmering sounds with amazing heart. Jacques Schwartzbart is special guest on saxophone.

When Sidney Bechet played, the walls trembled, the pulse accelerated and the heart skipped a beat. His music was passion and energy transformed into musical notes.

With this live version of "Wonderwall," Mehldau reduces Oasis' most famous song to a post-bop stride-piano exercise.

On her gorgeous new eponymous CD, it's easy to forget that Keren Ann, a French singer of Israeli-Dutch-Indonesian heritage, is anything but American. "Lay Your Head Down" sounds like Cowboy Junkies once again paying tribute to Velvet Underground.

A collection of pop standards, Kisses on the Bottom takes a breezily good-natured look back. Only McCartney's instantly recognizable voice tethers the collection to any modern musical era.

Baker helped make formal jazz education a growing part of the music's history and evolution.

A surgery, and the brain aneurysm that prompted it, served as catalysts for Neil Young to create some of the most compelling music of his career, and inspired a music film from Jonathan Demme.