Drummer Herlin Riley, one of 20 inaugural recipients of the Jazz Legacies Fellowship Skip Bolen/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Sacred Songs, choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing based on material featured in the original 1960 version of the company's Revelations. Paul Kolnik hide caption
Lost songs from Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' find voice in new piece
Back cover photo of Sun Ra's LP Live At Praxis'84, 1984, Soundwave Limited Flickr hide caption
Roberto Fonseca performs a Tiny Desk Concert Dec. 6, 2024, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora hide caption
Braxton Cook performs during Tiny Desk Concert at NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Alanté Serene/NPR hide caption
Christie Dashiell at The Mansion at Strathmore in Rockville, Md. Jared Soares for NPR hide caption
First-time Grammy nominee Christie Dashiell on the history behind her jazz album
Frank Poindexter is the great-grandson of Joseph L. Walcott, who opened Wally's in 1947. George Murphy/WXPN hide caption
Castle Rat's fantasy-themed heavy metal is featured on the 2024 edition of Viking's Choice. Courtney B Hall/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Samara Joy's performance from her Alma Mater, Purchase College, is featured in this year's Toast of the Nation. AB + DM hide caption
Glenn Miller wearing an American military uniform. D. Hess/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption
Pianists Jahari Stampley, Kris Davis and Roberto Fonseca perform at this year's Jazz Piano Christmas, live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Jati Lindsay/Courtesy of The Kennedy Center hide caption
Saxophonist Devin Daniels and trumpeter Julien Knowles distinguished themselves on breakthrough releases this year — Daniels on the star-making LesGo! and Knowles on his solo debut, As Many, As One, each of which features the other as a band member. Craig Allyn hide caption
Quincy Jones in Hattingen, Germany, in 2014. Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images hide caption
Ode to “Q”: The Jazz Side of Quincy Jones
Jon Batiste traces the blues back to Beethoven and beyond
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Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2002. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns hide caption
Quincy Jones pictured in Beverly Hills in 2017. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Baylor Project perform a Tiny Desk concert. Elizabeth Gillis hide caption
Kamasi Washington performs a Tiny Desk concert. Estfania Mitre hide caption
John Scofield has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and many more over the 100 or so albums he's recorded as a sideman and bandleader. He says that picking 10 tracks from that illustrious catalog felt "overwhelming." Jonathan Chimene/Courtesy of the artist hide caption