Jazz

'It's Better To Be An Outsider': Wolfgang Muthspiel's Global Guitar Odyssey

By • Jan 14, 2017

130 Bands In Five Days: Highlights From Winter Jazzfest NYC 2017

By • Jan 12, 2017

This year's Winter Jazzfest, which took place last week in New York City, presented an explicit theme of "Celebrating Social Justice." Conceptually and musically, Winter Jazzfest pushes the genre forward; after taking in as many of the 130-plus acts across many stages in Manhattan and Brooklyn as they could, our team reported back with some of the festival's highlights.

"Stories like forests are subject to seasons."

What is Gypsy Jazz?

By • Jan 9, 2017

Gypsy Jazz founders Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli were both born this month in the first decade of the 20th century. Rooted in African-American communities of the South, jazz became popular in Europe in the 1920s and '30s and influenced the development of other styles. WRTI's Susan Lewis has more on "Gypsy jazz."

A New Time for WRTI's Jazz Request Show: Wednesdays, 9 PM to Midnight

By WRTI Staff • Jan 5, 2017

Your jazz requests are on WRTI every Wednesday night on The Jazz Request Show, now at a new time, 9 pm to midnight. How does it work? Make your request in the form below during the week—anytime before Wednesday at 8 pm. We'll do our best to get your request on the air! Courtney Blue is your host.

Have You Heard...Grassical Music?

By • Jan 2, 2017

The four DePue brothers (Wallace, Jason, Zack, and Alex) were raised on classical music, barbershop, and Bluegrass. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, today they’re juggling work at conventional ensembles—with a family-based band specializing in a blend of classical and American grass roots music.

WRTI's Top 100 Jazz Countdown of 2016!

By Maureen Malloy • Dec 28, 2016

WRTI hosts J. Michael Harrison and Courtney Blue presented our annual countdown of last year's top 100 new jazz releases. Here's the list!

The Story Behind the Mummers' Theme Song, "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers"

By Debra Lew Harder • Dec 22, 2016


Music, spectacular costumes, and strutting down Broad Street? It must be New Year's Day in Philadelphia with the Mummers Parade!

It's a Jingle Bell Jazz Christmas on WRTI!

By Maureen Malloy • Dec 15, 2016

Where can you find the perfect jazz soundtrack to add comfort and joy to your holiday season? You guessed it! As we inch closer to Christmas, you'll hear more and more of the classic holiday jazz you love on WRTI.

As 2016 Winds Down, Remembering The Jazz Giants We Lost

By • Dec 14, 2016

2016 has been a time of great loss for music: Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Sharon Jones all passed away this year, just to name a few. The jazz world was no exception.

A Very Jon Batiste Christmas

By • Dec 13, 2016

Jon Batiste has two big gigs –- he's the band director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and he's an artistic director at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. And now, he also has his very own holiday album: Christmas With Jon Batiste.

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