-
Our beloved “BP with the GM”—Bob Perkins with the Good Music—is turning off his mic on weeknights starting on June 30th after a long and storied career. But don’t fret, you can still lend him your finely tuned ears every Sunday from 9 AM to 1 PM for Sunday Jazz Brunch on WRTI 90.1.
-
Williams was a dazzling player and a favorite at Fresh Air. She died March 10 at 73. We'll listen back to her 1997 performance and interview.
-
Our Dangerous Sounds story continues in Copenhagen with perhaps the most important Danish sideman ever—Jørn Elniff.
-
For Jazz Appreciation Month, WRTI will be celebrating Philadelphia jazz artists, their mentors, and the organizations that continue to cultivate jazz musicians.
-
Learn more about Episode 2 from Dangerous Sounds, a podcast series in 8 episodes taking listeners on a historical journey of jazz in Denmark.
-
The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters—Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison, Jr., Billy Hart, and Cassandra Wilson—and kick off a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the program with a concert on Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 10:30 PM ET.
-
Learn more about Episode 1 from Dangerous Sounds, a podcast series in 8 episodes taking listeners on a historical journey of jazz in Denmark.
-
WRTI, in collaboration with JazzDanmark—the national Danish organization for jazz—is proud to announce the launch of Dangerous Sounds, an eight-episode podcast series on WRTI.org.
-
Jazz Album of the Week: Maria Schneider's Grammy-Winning 'Data Lords,' A Tale of Two Opposite Worlds(Originally published on March 15, 2021) With a grand stroke of prescience, NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider crafted a double album about being polarized by the demands of a digital society and longing for human connection, all before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
Kendrah Butler-Waters' love for jazz, composition, arranging, and performative musicality shines throughout her debut solo album, Faith Walk."I always say that [this album] was a labor of love because it took me a really long time to release it," Kendrah said as she wrapped up a day with students. "I recorded Faith Walk three years ago when I was pregnant with my first son."