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Mark AndrewEdward Gorey's classic children's book The Gashlycrumb Tinies inspired Carla Kihlstedt to create a song cycle for singing violinist and chamber orchestra. She's about to perform that piece, 26 Little Deaths, twice in the Philadelphia area, courtesy of Network for New Music. -
Philippe Levy-StabA dozen distinguished artists have just joined the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, according to an announcement by The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America.
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Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more. -
The Philadelphia Theatre Company production of Lanie Robertson's 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill,' set at a long-defunct South Philly club, finds deep resonance in a sense of place — and in a performance by Laurin Talese. -
A new Vinyl Me, Please anthology, 'Miles Davis: The Electric Years,' compiles all-analog reissues of seven albums, from 1969 to '74, on deluxe vinyl. -
With headliners like Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Kamasi Washington and Jon Batiste, the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival suggests a barometer of the music's mainstream. -
Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Baroque ensemble Tempesta di Mare are among 27 new grantees of USArtists International, which supports American artists at festivals abroad. -
Collaborators for more than 30 years, Marc Ducret, a maniacally ingenious French guitarist, and Tim Berne, the visionary alto saxophonist and composer, now have an impressive new token of their artistic affinity. -
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Pianist-composer Aaron Parks and singer and "songcatcher" Samantha Rise will premiere 'Dreaming Home' at the 2023 Hudson Jazz Festival, drawing on lessons partly gleaned from community work in Philadelphia. -
As the new Artist-Approved Sound Spokesperson for Qobuz, Christian McBride is curating some playlists — starting out, as you might expect, On the One. -
Jerry Dodgion, a saxophonist and flutist whose pure, lyrical sound and consummate professionalism made him a first-call sideman for more than 65 years, died on Feb. 17 in Queens, New York. He was 90.
