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Several generations of modern jazz musicians have grown up playing funk, rock and soul. These two top improvisers have let it seep into their own hybrid music. They presented their plugged-in bands.

Van Etten seems to be everywhere in the wake of her excellent new album, Tramp. Hear her demonstrate why during a performance at WXPN's World Cafe Live.

Dr. John's funky takes on jazz standards, his original blues, and his unstoppable stage persona (deer antlers and robes figure prominently) have made him a legend well beyond his hometown of New Orleans. Hear a concert by good doctor and his band, The Lower 911.

The trumpeter has emerged as a young man whose versatile horn ranges from the soft and seductive to the rough and bluesy.

The Philadelphia local has made his first solo album after a decade of success as a high-profile producer and sideman.

Listen to the acclaimed Norwegian pianist in a program that spans pillars of the piano literature — from Haydn to Chopin to Bartok.

After 50 years of music, the modern blues icon continues to churn out powerful, gritty, heavy blues rock.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayoade Alakija, co-chair of the Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance, about the ongoing challenges of addressing COVID-19.

To produce the iconic theme song, the late composer drew on a piece he had written for a proposed musical adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas."

Hear sneak previews of new music from Beck, Randy Newman, solo work from Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Kimya Dawson (the singer behind the Juno soundtrack), The Hold Steady, Missy Elliott, and more.