Music Interviews

Pat Metheny is one of the most widely known and celebrated guitarists in jazz. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets,…

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with WGBO jazz expert Nate Chinen about his interview with Lady Gaga about her new album with Tony Bennett, Love for Sale.

Madeleine Peyroux will appear at Holland Performing Arts Center, September 29th at 7:30pm, in support of her newly reissued Careless Love album. Peyroux…

Jazz in the Afternoon host Chris Cooke recently spoke with award-winning singer, songwriter and saxophonist, Curtis Stigers. In a wide ranging interview,…

Vincent Herring is an accomplished jazz saxophonist. He performed with his Celebration of Life Ensemble at Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing on…

Jason Moran is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. Moran leads The Bandwagon, including bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer…

For the final entry in Morning Edition's Song Project series, Vijay Iyer wrote a rhizomatic, inviting — and not entirely placating — instrumental piece to encapsulate his past year.

Following a two-year search process, a unanimous decision, and a much-anticipated announcement, Ankush Kumar Bahl returns to Omaha to conduct his first…

The news that trumpeter Wallace Roney had passed away in March, 2020 due to complications from Covid-19 left me with a deep sadness. Roney seemed to have…

Joining us on Jazz in the Afternoon today was Dr. Peter Madesen, Coordinator of Jazz Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to talk about the…