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Baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton has a healthy obsession with the music of Steve Lacy, who remains an enduring figure in jazz. With the recent release of Transit, his second volume of Lacy originals, Sinton selects five key Lacy performances and explains why they're important.

Neal Conan talks with one of the original Freedom Singers, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and her daughter, Toshi Reagon, about the creation, impact and influence of music during the civil rights movement.

From the soaring voice of a young soprano on the rise to the turbulent sounds of the Berlin Philharmonic in full cry, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz spin new classical recordings from young musicians and composers.

Latin rock is no boys club: From Argentina to Mexico, women are running much of the show. In this week's episode, Andrea Echeverri, lead singer of the Colombian band Aterciopelados, shares her picks for Latina women who rock.

Summer is a time for family gatherings, and over the years, there have been some very notable families of jazz musicians. Hear five songs by some of those talented families — songs selected to accompany your own family's backyard cookout.

For more than a half-century, a certain idyllic seaside town in Rhode Island has been synonymous with jazz. These five recordings from 1964 — featuring Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Max Roach, Ben Webster and Dave Brubeck — prove why.

It's hard to overstate Rollins' contribution to jazz. As the groundbreaking saxophonist celebrates his 80th birthday, he can look back on a performing and recording career that spans more than 60 years and has influenced generations of jazz players.

Stranded in Southern California without a return ticket back to England, DJ Mary Anne Hobbs cooked up an impromptu tour and broadcast her BBC1 show, temporarily renamed the "Volcano Refugee Party," from Los Angeles. Here, Hobbs highlights five songs from L.A.'s "beat music" scene: It's a diverse smattering of music, unified only by computers, samplers and pulsing rhythms.

It's hard to keep your cool when life's little annoyances pile up. So channel all that rage into a kickboxing-intensive workout with these five hard-hitting, fast-paced songs. Strap on the gloves, get to the punching bag and blast the volume. It's time to get into fighting shape.

Fall is in the air and that means two things: sweater weather and a big push by record companies to get lots of music into the hands of hungry music lovers. We're premiering some of it on the show today — a diverse selection of well-known artists and rising stars.