This year, Turning the Tables focused on music's "founding mothers." Watch the season-opening concert at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Lizz Wright and more.
We've hosted roughly 900 Tiny Desk concerts, so it's a challenge to pick just five to match any superlative you can name. But for this list, we stick mostly to delicious, fantastic spectacle.
Soak up an insane frenzy of high-kick histrionics, pounded pianos, group interpretative dance and berserker bagpipes, with a confetti cannon thrown in for good measure.
Jazz Night in America teamed up with CapitalBop's Traveling Loft Series to present a performance of Linda May Han Oh's Aventurine at NPR's Studio One in Washington, D.C.
Cruz, known as the "Queen of Salsa," always carried her African roots into her music. Watch Angélique Kidjo explain what Cruz's music means to her and demonstrate her unique way of singing.
Ella Fitzgerald's talent for vocal improvisation made her one of the most important singers of all time. Watch Jazzmeia Horn explain what scat singing is and demonstrate Fitzgerald's trademark skill.
The singer and mega-hit songwriter showcases three of his own tracks, including "I Luv Your Girl" and two songs from Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3.
