All Songs +1: Our Most Memorable Tiny Desk Jazz Sets

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Patrick Jarenwattananon has been the backbone of our jazz coverage almost since NPR Music started in 2007. Patrick came to us as a 22-year-old intern and shortly after began covering legendary and rising jazz luminaries like a veteran journalist. His writing for A Blog Supreme captured the spirit of the jazz community and was a rich resource for thoughtful coverage on this living American musical culture.

Recently NPR Music changed the way we cover jazz, with our wonderful member station WBGO taking the lead.

Sadly, Patrick is no longer working at NPR Music, but PJ (as we call him) turned me and our listeners on to so much music, and a good deal of it through the jazz artists he brought to the Tiny Desk.

So on this +1 edition of All Songs Considered, I asked Patrick to come back and talk to us all about some of the legends and up-and-comers he brought to our offices. You can hear the full conversation and music with the listen link above, or watch the featured sets below.

The No BS! Brass Band, from June 2013

Esperanza Spalding, from February 2011

The Robert Glasper Experiment, from January 2014

The Vijay Iyer Trio, from May 2015