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He broke all the rules of jazz and improvised music — and that was in the 1950s. Now 83 and idolized by musicians, the great improviser is celebrated for developing a unique language at the keyboard.

Learn along with Londoners in this fun video primer on one of classical music's quirkiest rhythms, courtesy of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Steve Lehman's new album Dialect Fluorescent ends with a song called "Mr. E," a composition written by jazz legend Jackie McLean. But the connections run deep between Lehman and the alto saxophonist he considers a personal hero.

Piano legend Leon Fleisher plays for the Supreme Court today, while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals her list of favorite recordings.

Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Retired Air Force bugler Jari Villanueva gives us a glimpse of the fascinating history behind these 24 somber notes.

Widely respected by fellow musicians and audiences as one of the greatest classical singers of the 20th century, the baritone has died at age 86.

Whistling guitarist and harmonica master Toots Thielemans has played in everything from Charlie Parker's band to commercials for Old Spice. In his childhood home of Brussels — really, throughout his homeland — the celebration of his 90th birthday is on.

Ten albums for newbies, the hated Cabaret Card and composer/arranger Gil Evans' centennial.

Fischer-Dieskau's passing, a Viennese fraudster and a brawl on a Chinese train: all the news that's fit to link.