Saxophonist and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin has become one of the most dynamic voices in jazz. In this wide ranging conversation with Leo Sidran she recalls some of her early professional experiences, and how the mentors, heroes, setbacks and aspirations that shaped her journey continue to inform her new album, We Dream.

To mark what would have been Miles Davis's 100th birthday, The Third Story with Leo Sidran revisits a rare 1986 conversation between Miles and Ben Sidran, recorded on the terrace of Miles’s Malibu home.

After nearly three decades of resisting fixed categories, Julieta is returning to the place where that sensibility began. This year she releases Norteña, an album that turns back toward the border city where all of that started. She describes it as a tribute to the feeling of growing up on the border.

Dida Pelled talks to Leo Sidran about her latest album I Wish You Would, her approach to tradition, identity, finding a personal voice across genres, discovering the truth about her sexuality, her singing, and the six strings she loves so much.

Leo Sidran in conversation with Emily Cavanaugh. Emily is the founder of Song For You, a nonprofit organization bringing personalized songs to patients, loved ones, and frontline workers during times of crisis.

Part personal story, part philosophical inquiry, and part behind-the-scenes look at how creative work actually gets made, Leo Sidran chronicles the process of preparing a gig with his father.

Phoebe Katis is Leo Sidran's latest guest on his The Third Story podcast

Keren Ann is the latest guest on Leo Sidran's The Third Story

"The Sporkful" podcast host Dan Pashman is the next guest on Leo Sidran's "The Third Story"

On the latest episode of The Third Story, host Leo Sidran chats with Kurt Elling