He has toured worldwide as a soloist/clinician and has recorded nine albums as a leader. His latest CD releases are Lifeline (with his Nonet), One Starry Night (with his Nonet and guest vocalist Sheila Jordan), Old Friends (duo with pianist Marc Copland), and An Evening of Indigos, all for the Jazzheads label. Kirchner has received Grammy, NAIRD Indie, and Jazz Journalists Association awards. He is the editor of The Oxford Companion to Jazz and A Miles Davis Reader and teaches in the jazz programs at The New School and Manhattan School of Music. He produced and wrote four one-hour “Jazz Profiles” for National Public Radio, and he hosted 131 one-hour shows on WBGO-FM as part of the “Jazz From The Archives” series. Kirchner’s website is http://www.jazzsuite.com.