Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer geek who plays the piano" in conversation with Simon Rentner and Ave Carrillo.

Sam Rivers has sounded his horn across six decades of jazz with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzy Gillespie. He's played with the best and cut his own path with the RivBea Orchestra. Producer David Goren brings us an intimate portrait of Sam Rivers in his own voice and those of his fellow band members.

"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history about overcoming adversity, exploring the world and finding one's own inner worth. Producer Andrew Parsons brings us a conversation with the late James Moody about the story behind his famous solo.

Randy Weston has seen a lot people and places in his life. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 and served in the US Army during World War II. But it was jazz that exposed him to the most diverse travels. Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ken Druker unearths a live interview with Randy Weston about the people and places that he's seen in his life — from Langston Hughes and Candido — to Brooklyn and the woods of the Berkshires and back again.

In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages. Recorded in 1992, they remember "watching tassels sway" and the bebop hoofer who "would actually roll up to the microphone wearing a pair of skates - and tell the band '...anything by Charlie Parker!'" Producer Alexa Lim brings us this backstage conversation.