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World Cafe revisits magical moments in music history when orchestras have starred in rock recordings.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang has been a Philip Glass fan since high school. But it was a performance of the opera Satyagraha triggered a genuine epiphany.

The great songwriter explains his fascination with the repetition, symmetry and changing time signatures in Glass' music.

The veteran performance artist admires the skipping rhythms and calm center in the piano Etude No. 10 by Philip Glass that she says lies just beyond her grasp.

There's an Elliott Smith-ian sensibility to the duo's original song, played here live at the Bowery Ballroom just before Mehldau and Thile went into the studio.

The performance artist reflects on Philip Glass' generous spirit, his perpetually fresh ideas and the grand experiments hatched in the lofts of SoHo in the '70s.

The singer and guitarist joined host Marian McPartland in the spring of 2003.

The seminal jazz pianist and educator joined host Marian McPartland in the fall of 2002.

Jazz critic Nate Chinen and Jazz Night In America's Christian McBride discuss a few of this year's hotly anticipated albums, including new work by Miguel Zenón and Kevin Eubanks.

Jazz vocalist John Boutté feels he can no longer afford to live in his hometown of New Orleans. He's not alone.