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NPR's Tony Cox talks with blues man Keb' Mo' about his latest CD, Keep it Simple.

Before her death at 39 in 1963, singer Dinah Washington battled her seven husbands, her weight and even her fans. But when she sang, nothing else mattered. Biographer Nadine Cohodas talks about Washington's life and music.

Norman Brown has been known as a top-notch smooth jazz guitarist. But in his new CD, West Coast Coolin', Brown unveils his singing voice. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley and Brown.

Miles Davis died on this day in 1991. Commentator Daphne Muse offers a remembrance of one of the giants of jazz music, and his legacy.

In the 1950s, jazz legend Benny Golson emerged as one of the best tenor saxophonists around. But a famous photograph he posed for in 1958 has brought him new attention.

David Was profiles musician Tomasz Stanko, whose love of jazz was born during the Cold War, and whose career has survived into the 21st century.

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

Join us on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you a performance recorded live in April, 2022.

Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.

The Grammy Award-winning opera singer performs a classical, jazz and gospel influenced set.