• Jazz 625, featuring Monk, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, the MJQ, etc. Watch it.
• Jeremy Lin, race binaries and jazz. By Nate Chinen.
• "Teenie" Harris photographs. You want to see these.
• RIP Mike Melvoin, pianist/NARAS president/studio musician.
• Randy Weston interview via Democracy Now!.
• Justin Faulkner, crazy-good young drummer, on his influences.
• The first jazz recording: On the ODJB.
• Sarah Elizabeth Charles, singer, interviewed at The Revivalist.
• More on the black audience at The Independent Ear. Plus, interview with Nicholas Payton on BAM.
• RIP Kay Davis, who sang with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
• Slap-Tonguing, demystified.
• Hahahahaha.
• Destination: Out has posted its best of 2011.
• The Jazz Session spoke with The Wee Trio and Darcy James Argue.

Elsewhere at NPR Music:

• New Robert Glasper album. Hear it now.
• Kurt Elling on Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me. He's good.
• Catherine Russell performs for Fresh Air.
• Galactic and Soul Rebels Brass Band in concert. Hear the recording.
• Chris Dingman is the guest on this week's Piano Jazz Rising Stars.
• JazzSet this week features Kevin Eubanks.
• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz this week features guitarist Bobby Broom.
• New Vijay Iyer track makes Song of the Day this week.

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