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The electric guitarist never got to see his hero, John Coltrane, play the saxophone. But McLaughlin was so moved by Coltrane's 1965 masterpiece A Love Supreme that, nearly a half-century later, it's central to his own new album, To the One.

The three brass artists featured in our Youngbloods series — trumpeters Giveton Gelin and Summer Camargo, along with trombonist Kalia Vandever — infuse new energy into today's jazz scene.

Adonis Rose leads the Crescent City All-Stars and Orrin Evans assembles The Philly Jawn, in a pair of concert films from the 2023 Exit Zero Jazz Festival.

A superstar cellist, an intrepid pianist, and a vocalist who's also one of our own. All in this week's Fanfare, from WRTI.

Join us to experience the uplifting music of the Jewish Festival Lights. We have a wonderful lineup of music planned and, of course, our yearly broadcasts of Hanukkah specials starting on Thursday, Dec. 7, the first night of Hanukkah.

The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.

We asked our jazz hosts to give us their five favorite tracks of 2023, for WRTI's Hot Fives. Here are picks for Bobbi Booker, host of Spirit Soul Music and Jazz Through the Night.

One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.

Ahead of a concert with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Moby reflects on his lifelong bond with classical music, which brought him to the roster of Deutsche Grammophon.