The Checkout from WBGO host Simon Rentner sat down with multi-platinum recording artist and cosmically attuned thinker Charles Lloyd to talk about his trio Sangam, as well as his days living in Greenwich Village with Bob Dylan and meeting the giants of jazz as a child in his native Memphis.

2016 NEA Jazz Master Pharoah Sanders, along with his wife Tina Sanders, are interviewed by guest producer Lydia Liebman.

Pianist Jason Moran talks to Simon Rentner about All Rise - his critically acclaimed recording reinventing the compositions of Fats Waller.

2016 NEA Jazz Master Wendy Oxenhorn talks with guest producer Lydia Liebman about her work with the Jazz Foundation of America.

Detroit rapper and producer Black Milk collaborates with Washington D.C. based band Nat Turner for their debut release "The Rebellion Sessions". A Jazz Funk opus that was recorded over the span of one week. We present samples of their work, presented by guest host Steve "Vegas" Smith.

Clarinetist and composer Oran Etkin discusses his debut for Motema, "What's New? Reimagining Benny Goodman" with guest producer Lydia Liebman.

The pianist and composer was the guest of honor at the 2016 Panama Jazz Festival, where he celebrated his 90th birthday. Simon Rentner talks to Weston in Panama about the evolution of his music, and how it reveals many profound and universal truths of the African diaspora.

John Raymond shows off his unique band "Real Feels" in our studio with guitar and live looping by Gilad Hekselman and drums by Colin Stranahan. The trumpeter takes a modernist approach to traditional songs such as "Scarborough Fair" and "Amazing Grace," inventively remakes Thom Yorke's "Atoms for Peace," plus pays tribute to Thad Jones.

Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Fusion, and more are the tools in which the Michigan band Will Sessions captivates audiences. We present samples of their work, presented by guest host Stevan "Vegas" Smith.

Musicians Matt Geraghty and Zé Luis seek to be the "Anthony Bourdain of jazz" with their video series Trade Winds, which takes them to important cultural centers along Atlantic Ocean, musically-rich places that include New Orleans, San Juan, Salvador, Havana, and more. Info at mpg21.com.