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Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-1920, a new collection of jazz recorded before 1920 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the Earl Fuller Orchestra.

Choosing five favorite recordings is a tall order for any music lover, but especially for Yo-Yo Ma. The musically omnivorous super-cellist picks his top five favorites.

"Rose City Strut" is a funky, alluring collaboration between the group and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Rob Crow and Zach Smith, members of the band Pinback, play tunes from their new album, Autumn of the Seraphs. Autumn is the indie rock band's fourth full-length album. The duo also brings in a pair of drummers, Mario Rubalcaba and Chris Prescott, on several tracks.

The third album from the British rock band Coldplay is called X&Y. For the past five years, Coldplay has been steadily climbing the ladder of pop music success. And with this record many in the music business believe the four soft-spoken Brits will earn the title "biggest band in the world."

Hear the New Orleans-based zydeco crossover band perform a session on World Cafe.

Lost and Found Sound looks at the Green Street Mortuary Band from San Francisco's Chinatown. More than 300 Chinese families a year hire the band to give their loved ones a proper and musical send-off through the streets of Chinatown. For more than 50 years, this amateur band performed for its community at nearly every big event.

The jazz quartet Rudder is eager to amuse, but can also be as mournful and moving as a New Orleans funeral march. The band's latest release, Matorning, is a breath of sweet oxygen in an oft-stale instrumental scene.

For a group that has always stood for musical collectivism, the substitution of pianist Orrin Evans for Ethan Iverson was a shakeup of existential proportions.

A gifted arranger and composer whose originals include "C.T.A." and "Gingerbread Boy," Heath has written charts for Chet Baker and Art Blakey. Heath cut his teeth in big bands with Dizzy Gillespie and Howard McGhee, and in this concert from the Blue Note, he's got his own.