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Guitarist John Scofield is largely known for playing over funky grooves. But he developed his chops playing with jazz legends, and a new album with his trio and a four-piece horn section finds him back in the swing of things.

Nobody ever said that Christmas music couldn't have a little syncopation to it. Greet the season with a little swing, as KPLU offers five classics with a mainstream jazz sensibility.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a recently reissued album by tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman.

Norwegian musician Anja Garbarek's soft, sometimes haunting voice sings over programmed beats and beautifully orchestrated strings. Her sound is distinctively experimental, atmospheric pop that pushes creative boundaries while remaining accessible. Her new CD is Briefly Shaking.

The Bad Plus' members bring comedy to their not-quite-jazz music, but they're also serious musicians. The trio records mainstream popular standards and '70s progressive rock with a sense of drama. Hear an interview and in-studio performance recorded by WBGO.

Latifah has always followed her mother's advice: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Her success in music and film has allowed her to do things she loves, like singing old jazz and R&B tunes.

In the 1940s, saxophonist Don Byas (1912-1972) was a pivotal player, but he's no longer well known. James Carter brings back Byas's glorious sound, in a tribute with the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw recorded live at the 2006 North Sea Jazz Festival.

Two years ago, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Matt Chamberlain spent a few days free-associating in the recording studio. Their extemporaneous jams were then sampled, cut up and mixed together to create an unusual album project called Floratone.

In his short but brilliant career, he pioneered a new standard of rapid-fire virtuosity on the electric bass and helped bridge the jazz and pop music of his day. Close collaborators offer a retrospective on Jaco Pastorius.

The legendary jazz trumpeter and composer premiered the seven-part Monterey Moods suite at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Hear his celebratory exploration of all the various forms of jazz that have come through Monterey in its 50 years.