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Studs Terkel has interviewed some of the world's most familiar musicians. In And They All Sang he's collected interviews with Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Ravi Shankar and others.

Larry Appelbaum of the Library of Congress recordings division talks about previously undiscovered tapes of a 1957 Carnegie Hall performance of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.

On Raul Midon's debut CD, State of Mind, Stevie Wonder shows up to play the harmonica. Midon's voice and music remind many of Wonder. Midon tells Liane Hansen about his influences and aspirations.

Host David Dye is joined by critic Tom Moon for a special edition of World Cafe. Together, they look back on some of the best performances of 2005.

Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. "Hampi" is credited with establishing the vibes as a jazz instrument. In this program from 1989, Hampton plays some of his classics such as "Flying Home," and shows off his pianistic and vocal abilities on "Mack the Knife."

New York City's heroes are traditionally celebrated way downtown, at City Hall Park. But at the J&R Music Festival, drum hero Roy Haynes leads the celebrations. Here, the octogenarian drives his Fountain of Youth band through a characteristically hard-driving set.

Pit Baumgartner — a.k.a. De Phazz — made his name constructing popular remixes of songs by famous jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald. The German deejay's latest album is Tales of Trust.

The fact that she is a British-born white woman hasn't stopped jazz pianist Marian McPartland from playing for nearly 50 years in a world that is largely male and black. Now about to turn 90, McPartland has a new CD called 'Twilight World.'

Thielemans is the man who made the harmonica a jazz instrument. In a Brazilian-heavy set recorded at the 2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, he's joined by Oscar Castro-Neves, Airto, and pianist Kenny Werner. Now in his 80s, Thielemans still loves to play. Collaboration between WBGO and WGBH.

Bibb grew up amid the New York City folk scene in the 1950s and '60s, a scene he calls "a magical world that I was born into and never left." But Bibb has since become a blues guitarist and songwriter in his own right. His latest album, Get On Board, pays tribute to his heroes.