Blue Note Records is the label synonymous with the best in jazz since 1939, encompassing everything from its unique mystique around its sound and image, to the label’s up and down history, and how Blue Note is still relevant to jazz and non-jazz listeners today.

We celebrate Halloween by exploring jazz’s spooky side with plenty of the best scary music and mysterious legends surrounding some unlucky jazzers.

The fascinating intersection of jazz and psychology with an insiders’ look at the world of music therapy and examining how jazz in particular is well suited to helping non-musicians reach their real life recovery goals.

From 1930s dance culture sparking the big band revolution, through the politics of race shaping the music, it’s the rise, fall, and legacy of the big bands.

A celebration of the life and music of John Coltrane from his early roots growing up in rural North Carolina through his redemption and transformation from heroin addict to spiritual icon.

Stories and sounds from jazz’s history overseas from the U.S. State Department using jazz as a weapon in the Cold War, the music’s extensive history in other countries, and learn how Israel is producing some of the best modern jazz musicians.

A celebration of the life and legend of the great Les Paul by talking with rock icon Steve Miller about his memories of his legendary godfather, and how the many famous inventions of the Wizard of Waukesha transformed 20th-century music.

When the two separate paths of jazz and country cross, we get some of the most fascinating fusions in American music, from Hank Garland jazzing up the early Nashville country scene, to the development of Western Swing, and contemporary jazz takes on country classics.

A celebration of the life and musical genius of the great Billie Holiday, traveling the hard road she took on her way to becoming one of jazz’s most beloved voices, and talk with curators and authors who continue to expose young people to Lady Day’s talents.

Believe it or not, harmonica, accordion, flute, banjo, and even the bagpipes have all made their impact on the jazz tradition thanks to the tireless efforts of pioneers of the music making these “weird instruments” a little more mainstream.

A celebration of the life and music of the great Dave Brubeck from his early days as a legendary experimental jazz musician to composing religious music, and how he defied the odds to become a jazz celebrity in the early rock and roll era and continuing to perform with his son, Chris Brubeck.

We continue our tour of America’s great jazz cities with Kansas City and the storied and sordid roots of the famed Kansas City sound, as well as a look at adopted hometown hero Count Basie and one of jazz’s most underappreciated legends: Mary Lou Williams.

A celebration of the best of jazz’s great comeback stories including Duke Ellington’s legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival performance, and an exclusive interview with guitarist Pat Martino who survived a brain aneurysm and retook his place as one of the music’s great voices on jazz guitar.

We continue our tour of America’s great jazz cities with the sites and sounds of New Orleans jazz and its origins in the early twentieth century, the parade tradition known as Second Line, and explore how Hurricane Katrina has reshaped the New Orleans jazz scene.

A celebration of the life and music of maestro Tito Puente, including the 1950s mambo craze that launched his meteoric rise to the top, and the many talents that made him the undisputed King of Latin Jazz.

A lot of people probably don’t think of jazz as something that’s all that funny, but there’s more than one way to get a laugh out of all things jazz that’s guaranteed to make you chuckle.

A celebration of the life and extraordinary work of American folklorist Alan Lomax and how his calling to record the world changed the course of 20th century music with his legacy of over 10,000 recordings.

We start our tour of America’s great jazz cities with the sites and sounds of Chicago by tracing the arrival of jazz and how it established the city’s reign as America’s jazz capital during the 1920s, leading it to grow into one of the country’s richest avant garde jazz scenes.

A celebration of the life and music of the great Nina Simone from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of the fiercest voices for civil rights.

You can’t listen to a painting or see a song, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap.