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One comes from a line of New Orleans piano geniuses. Another comes from New York's downtown scene. They bonded over old jazz, and together, inject modern twists into early repertoire.

In a live tribute at the 92nd Street Y in New York, the late pianist and host of NPR's Piano Jazz is saluted by a diverse cast of musical friends on the date of what would have been her 96th birthday.

The monstrously talented and astoundingly prolific tenor saxophonist returned to New York this winter to present a four-clarinet summit and a new trio with Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington.

For weeks at a time in the early '90s, musicians from around the world converged on the rocker's Real World Studios to meet, mingle and make music. Sixteen years later, the fruits of their experiments are now on record.

In the '90s, Barenaked Ladies' biggest hits were bouncy, playful songs like "If I Had $1,000,000" and "One Week." Snacktime!, the new children's album from the alt-rock band, finds Barenaked Ladies bantering irreverently, as usual.

Almost a year after Hurricane Ida killed 11 residents of mostly-unregulated basement apartments in Queens, advocates say the city and state haven't done enough to make that type of housing safer.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sri Lankan journalist Marlon Ariyasinghe about the country's protest movement.

Succession, Ted Lasso and The White Lotus raked in Emmy nominations Tuesday morning, alongside newcomers Only Murders in the Building and Abbott Elementary.

Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape, the Ukrainian railway runs a free evacuation train out of the east. Here's what it's like.

Ada Limón, the new U.S. poet laureate, speaks with Tess Taylor about the moment she got the call and what it means to hold the position.