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With a who's who of forward-thinking guitarists, Bill Orcutt brings his ecstatic minimalism to the Tiny Desk.

Grammy-winning Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor called the U.S. home for decades, until chaotic encounters with the immigration system caused him to leave the country permanently.

The distinguished saxophonist pushes the boundaries of modern jazz in his expressive Tiny Desk performance.

A legendary music educator in his hometown of New Orleans, tenor saxophonist Kidd Jordan was also a heroic voice in the improvising avant-garde. He died on April 7 at 87, but his legacy lives on in myriad ways.

Billy Childs wrote his new piece 'Labyrinth,' as a musical puzzle for the Temple University Studio Orchestra to solve. A member of the saxophone section offers this inside view on the piece, which will also be on the program in a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center this Sunday.

The five-time Grammy winner has mounted two operas at the Metropolitan Opera, which until 2021 had never staged a work by a Black composer. Hear him discuss the future of opera with Lara Downes.

WRTI is undergoing some important system upgrades to improve your listening experience beginning Monday, April 17 at 6 p.m. ET.

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.

As an improviser, on piano and vibraphone, and as co-founder of the Creative Music Studio, Karl Berger had an outsize influence on the jazz avant-garde. He died on April 9, at 88.

Let the new music sextet yMusic serenade you with a light-as-air track from a forthcoming album.