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The stars, the moon and the sun align in Fanfare this week, as Evgeny Kissin performs a piano recital, Arcana New Music Ensemble plays the Music of Moondog, and Variant 6 presents 'Un Bel Sol.'

We’re looking at another stacked week ahead for live jazz in Philadelphia. Take note of four stunning collective trios — Tarbaby, Even Odds, Wonderful Sound 3, and Fieldwork — as well as guitar hero Al Di Meola, now on the comeback trail.

Meet hornist Evan Bretz, a section leader in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and a mechanical engineering student at Rowan University.

The show radar this week picked up not one but three great vibraphonists: Sasha Berliner, Warren Wolf and Tony Miceli. Read more in Moment's Notice, our guide to the Philly jazz scene.

Casey Benjamin, whose saxophone gleam and vocoder-processed singing exerted a deep influence on the last 20 years of jazz-infused hip-hop and R&B, died on March 30 in Maryland. He was 45.

For the first time in five years, International Jazz Day will focus its lavish attention on a global host city: Tangier, which Randy Weston once described as "the northern gateway to Africa."

"Our dedication to diverse programming promises a future where opera is more vibrant, relevant, and welcoming than ever before," David B. Devan, longtime leader at Opera Philadelphia, says of a new multi-year partnership with The Apollo.

This week's musical offerings remind us just how rich the classical music scene is in the City of Brotherly Love. Read more about Mike Bolton's picks in Fanfare, from WRTI.

Born in 1924 in Newark, N.J., Vaughan came up in the '40s, alongside bebop, a new jazz style she instantly took to. In the following decades, she proved to be one of the best singers of any genre.

What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week.