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Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane is the son of jazz legend John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane. While Ravi grew up in a musical family, he didn't start a career in jazz until his 20s. Now, with his latest CD, In Flux, some critics say Ravi Coltrane has created a sound all his own. He talks with NPR's Ed Gordon about his music.

News & Notes pays tribute to late composer and bandleader Duke Ellington on the anniversary of his 106th birthday.

Had he lived, the great jazz bassist Charles Mingus would have been 83 years old today. We mark the occasion with musical memories.

Reissues are the bread and butter of the jazz record business, but the artists whose talents made the records possible often miss out on the royalties that could help sustain them in old age.

In the final part of a series on the connection between folk and classical music from around the world, Performance Today turns to the world of American jazz with the Turtle Island String Quartet, the music of Chris Brubeck and the Jacques Loussier Trio.

Ed Gordon talks with smooth jazz and soul guitarist Lee Ritenour about his latest career-retrospective album, Overtime.

We continue our three-part series of reports on the sounds of summer 2005 — this week, independent and small-label record company executives talk about music that shouldn't be overlooked.

Alison Brown's new solo album, Stolen Moments, is a genre-hopping take on bluegrass. A former member of Alison Krauss's Union Station, Brown won a Grammy in 2001 for her duet with Bela Fleck, "Leaving Cottondale".

Ed Gordon speaks with guitarist Paul Brown, who's moved from behind the mixing board as producer to center stage as a smooth jazz front man. Brown's latest CD The City hits record stores Tuesday.

Star soprano Nadine Sierra's new album Made for Opera and her performance in the Met's new production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor provide new ways to think about opera through staples of the repertoire.