Here in Nashville, where every genre of music is able to come together, the intersection of classical and jazz is as busy as the rest of our traffic.

Such crossovers go back to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Duke Ellington’s orchestral works. But the idea of a jazz composer goes back to Jellyroll Morton and Scott Joplin as well, and their works had a lasting influence on classical composers that persists today. Just listen to Tahiti Trot by Dmitri Shostakovich, Divertissement by Jacques Ibert, or the Ebony Concerto by Igor Stravinsky to hear that relationship in action. And even now composers like Hannibal Lokumbe are able to seamlessly move from one genre to the other, often in the same piece.

More: Read about the crossover of classical music and jazz in our Classical Crossroads column.

In this episode of Classically Speaking you’ll hear four pieces that walk that line between classical and jazz. There’s a piece for guitar by a composer known for film music, and three original pieces of chamber music, brought by their composers. All of these performances were part of our weekly live broadcast, Live in Studio C.

More: Visit the Live In Studio C archive.

Set list:

Frederic Hand: Late One Night

Paulo Olivera: Fender Bender

Melanie Alvey: Call to Respond, from Scenes Shifting

Marlene Tachoir with Jerry Tachoir: Echoes of a Dream

Marlene Tachoir at the piano with Jerry Tachoir on vibraphone.Kara McLeland91Classical