Hear trumpeters Nils Petter Molvaer, Jordan McClean, Adam O’Farrill, and the late American trumpeter Jaimie Branch. Plus, Canadian synthesist Nick Schofield's ode to Miles Davis.

American pianist Bruce Brubaker unites the music of Philip Glass and Brian Eno in a concert program at National Sawdust on Feb. 12

Hear music by Moroccan Gnawa master musician Hassan Hakmoun; UK-based outfit Electric Jalaba; jazz musicians Dave Holland and Lionel Louke; and contemporary composer Richard Carrick.

Heems, the Queens-raised rapper and co-founder of Das Racist and Swet Shop Boys, raps all the words with enthusiasm and sings them with all the feelings. He plays in-studio.

NYC's Latin X-Perimental band Zemog El Gallo Bueno sings in Spanish, English, and Spanglish, and veers between so many kinds of music that it's hard to keep up. They play in-studio.

The George Gee Swing Orchestra and the Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Latin Octet combine for a high-energy, pan-Jazz experience at Flushing Town Hall on Feb. 7.

Hannah Jadagu was just out of high school when she released her first EP, full of songs recorded on her iPhone. in 2023, while studying at NYU, she released her debut LP, Aperture, a ...

Hear Arabic and Farsi singing married to contemporary electronic production in works from Egyptian singer Nadah El Shazly, Tunisian singer Emel, and Lebanese singer Yasmin Hamdan.

Arturo O’Farrill may be best known as the longtime leader of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, but he’s done so much else, as a pianist, bandleader, and educator. He’s the son of the Lat...