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April is Jazz Appreciation Month, designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Like most of the artists celebrated by JAM, tenor sax legend Stanley Turrentine was born in April. Hear five songs by the tenor sax legend, whose deep, warm, soulful tone was rooted in the blues.

You've just embarked on a long-anticipated summer road trip. You're filled with joy and excitement — until you fill your gas tank and are overcome with horror and grief. Here's hoping you brought this road-ready jazz mix to get back into the right frame of mind.

The history of road trip mixtapes is cluttered with tense and muscular songs that act as aural caffeine, especially at night. But nighttime offers its own set of stimuli if we're paying attention. Here are five songs to accompany the throbbing glow of lights in a distant town and tiny futures coming into focus.

On this edition of All Songs Considered, Gotrich sits down with host Bob Boilen and talks about some of the artists he thinks have been noticeably absent from the show this year.

Tired of paying too much for gas? Take a virtual road trip with some of America's greatest composers. Stops include Leonard Bernstein's New York and Charles Ives' New England, Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon and Virgil Thomson's Great Plains.

Marian McPartland, world-renowned jazz pianist and host of NPR's Piano Jazz, thought that an all-time favorite song list was impossible. Here, she offers her current Top 5: the songs and recordings that she's listening to right now.

Sunday is Father's Day. If you're a dad, congratulations; these songs are for you. If you're a son or a daughter, here's a list of dad-friendly jazz songs to let your father know you're thinking of him.

Fleisher celebrates his 80th birthday Wednesday. Critic Tim Page chooses some of the pianist's finest recordings, highlighting Fleisher's remarkable career of triumph, loss, and rejuvenation.

Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the busiest musicians around, complete with new recordings, new pieces to premiere and seemingly endless concert tours. But when she's relaxing at home in Germany, she lists Ella Fitzgerald and La Bohème among her musical favorites.

Rock music may give the electric guitar fire, but avant-garde jazz musicians often re-think the instrument beyond its basic, melody- and rhythm-based functions. Here are five musicians who eschew standard conventions and instead approach the guitar as a device of pure sound.