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Nate Chinen'Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America' explores the impact of Japanese-American incarceration on modern American design. One of its six featured artists is S. Neil Fujita, whose work is known to legions of jazz fans. -
courtesy of the artist"Leon Bates helped me to bring more of my authentic self to the stage," recalls pianist Dynasty Battles, who will honor his late mentor in a solo recital this Saturday in Germantown. Read more in Battles' interview with John T.K. Scherch.
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"I think of America as this melting pot of somewhat disjointed ideas and many different interpretations of what freedom is," says Christian McBride, who composed a new song manifesting that idea.
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During a recent visit to Philadelphia, the dazzling pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason joined WRTI's Zev Kane to talk about scaling musical heights, keeping her equilibrium, and coming up in "Britain's most musical family." -
Join J. Michael Harrison on The Bridge this Friday as he welcomes filmmaker Donn T, music educator Lovett Hines, and students participating in the Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency. -
LeBron James, the new star addition to the Sixers roster, favors classical music and "old-school jazz" in his pre-game warmup. So we thought we'd help out with a musical introduction to the City of Brotherly Love. -
Chris Entwistle and Mark Havens, designers based in Philadelphia, teamed up to create a lavish book about the midcentury aesthetic of Prestige Records. They talk about it, and share choice images, in this Q&A with Josh Jackson. -
Don Byron gives insight on the cinematic inspirations behind his new piece Quartet for Saxophones, which PRISM Quartet will premiere in Germantown on Saturday, June 6. -
Dozens of musicians will converge for a memorial tribute to Jack DeJohnette on Aug. 9 in Kingston, NY, with all proceeds going to a pair of local service organizations. -
As the new leader of the Seattle-based nonprofit big band, Philadelphia piano-composer Orrin Evans plans to evolve SRJO's sound and foster a sense of community. -
Herbie Hancock and Kurt Elling served as co-hosts of the 2026 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at Lyric Opera of Chicago, proudly putting their city at the center of the frame. -
The Doris Duke Artist Awards are the nation's largest prize dedicated to individual performing artists. This year, three of those artists are improvising musicians: Val Jeanty, Makaya McCraven, and Tomeka Reid.
