Concerts

Will Anderson, Peter Anderson, Patrick Bartley and Janelle Reichman perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center in tribute to Benny Goodman.

The Legacy Of The Benny Goodman Quartet

The small group that made a bespectacled white clarinetist a star happened to be of jazz's first racially integrated bands. Wendell Pierce and four young clarinetists tell the story live on stage.
Tiny Desk Concert with Seratones.

Seratones: Tiny Desk Concert

by Bob Boilen

The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll. Watch Seratones perform three songs in the NPR Music offices.
Tiny Desk Concert with Palehound.

Palehound: Tiny Desk Concert

by Stephen Thompson

Ellen Kempner and her band perform three tense and evocative songs from last year's Dry Food, set amid the pin-drop silence of a rapt crowd.
Jymie Merritt.

Jymie Merritt: The Beat Goes Deep

The Philadelphia bassist, soon to be 90, played with Blakey, Morgan and Roach. But in all that, he also developed his own rhythmic and harmonic concept. Appropriately, it's called Forerunner.
Tiny Desk Concert with PWR BTTM.

PWR BTTM: Tiny Desk Concert

by Bob Boilen

The queer, glammy, wildly dressed duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems. Watch PWR BTTM perform four songs in the NPR Music offices.
Tiny Desk Concert with Ane Bun.

Ane Brun: Tiny Desk Concert

by Tom Huizenga

The Norwegian singer-songwriter isn't afraid to face her demons. Watch Brun play three new songs, each of which speaks to newfound freedom and fresh opportunities.
Ibrahim Maalouf.

Ibrahim Maalouf Plays Umm Kulthum

Born in Lebanon and raised in France, trained in both Western classical and traditional Arabic music, the trumpeter has always bridged worlds. He puts a jazz spin on the Arab world's most famous star.