VPR's Reuben Jackson reflects on his time as Archivist and Curator with the Smithsonian Institution's Duke Ellington Collection.

Summarize 2012 in a haiku and share it with us.

Tonight's program features excerpts from celebrated jazz suites such as Stan Getz's "Focus", pianist Randy Weston's "Little Niles", and Duke Ellington's "Suite Thursday", plus music by Don Byron, Stacy Kent, Les Mc Cann and The Art Ensemble of Chicago, among others.

Tonight we welcome autumn in spirit and song with Autumnal Serenades and music by Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon and others!

We'll hear from artists with September birthdays like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Bud Powell, plus lots more.

Reuben plays jazz from McCoy Tyner, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and many others.