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Arturo Sandoval's virtuosity is on full display in his newest album, Trumpet Evolution. On each of 19 songs, he imitates the style and technique of a great trumpeter who has come before him -- from Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Sandoval about his musical tribute.

Gary Gladstone has been to Mars, Purgatory and Hell, and he has the photographs to prove it. In a new book, Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway, the award-winning photographer offers photos of more than 75 small towns across the United States with unusual names. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Gladstone about his journey through small-town America.

A new book of photography features people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit -- and later freed. Many of Taryn Simon's images show the accused with victims and their families, and at the crime scenes. Hear extended interviews and see photos from The Innocents.

The British electronic duo Death in Vegas scores in British dance clubs by mixing rock and techno. The duo's latest CD is called Scorpio Rising. Charles de Ledesma offers a review.

Using a bare outline discovered in historical documents, Dutch musicologist Jos Van der Zanden has reconstructed an oboe concerto that Beethoven wrote at age 22. Van der Zanden speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg.

Director Neil Jordan brings a smoky, jazzy sensibility -- and some new twists -- to his remake of the classic 1955 French film, Bob Le Flambeur. But The Good Thief's best asset may be its star Nick Nolte, who portrays a "glorious wreck." NPR's Bob Mondello reports.

As the nation celebrates National Poetry Month, NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews poet Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. They discuss the NEA's comeback from controversies and the outlook for arts funding. Hear Gioia read his poem, "Unsaid," at npr.org.

The prestigious Oak Room at New York's Algonquin Hotel has been filled with the sound of Peter Cincotti, the youngest singer ever to perform there. At 20, Cincotti refreshes a variety of American standards that were first popular decades before he was born. Karen Michel reports.

Salman Rushdie's novel of war and religious intolerance, Midnight's Children, finds new life on the stage. The adaptation by the Royal Shakespeare Company makes its American premiere at the University of Michigan. Celeste Headlee reports.

Contract negotiations between Broadway producers and the musicians' union are stuck over how many musicians must be employed by each show. Producers are threatening virtual pit bands. Musicians are threatening to strike. Jeff Lunden reports.