NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

To celebrate the holidays, we’re looking back at four archive Fresh Air interviews discussing popular Christmas songs: First, jazz singer Mel Torme tells Terry Gross about co-writing “The Christmas ...

True, the composer Henry Mancini, another Italian American musician, shared a love of jazz via his hip theme song for the ...

The holiday theme for Jazz Piano Christmas this year was definitely for the adventurous among us. Our three performers placed familiar holiday songs inside masterfully crafted clusters of sound and ...

Palm trees and sandy beaches were in the air on a chilly December night as we gathered for NPR's annual A Jazz Piano Christmas concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...

The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra salutes legendary jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi with “The Jazz Music of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’” featuring the Jim Martinez Quartet Saturday, Dec. 28, at the ...

The Putumayo World Music compilations have achieved an enviable brand status with their wide-ranging stylistic variety and the distinctively cheerful covers by artist Lisa Gonzalez. Grant's sparkling ...

It's story begins in 1965, when CBS asked producer Lee Mendelson if he could put together a Christmas special in six months. Jason Mendelson, Lee Mendelson's son, recalled: "My father called Charles ...