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The prodigious drummer Marcus Gilmore, 25, has been playing with the biggest names in jazz since he was a teenager. He's coming off a career year that saw him named the top rising star among jazz critics. It helps that his grandfather is Roy Haynes, one of the great pioneers of the drum kit.

Composer and pianist Jason Moran ushers in his era as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with this performance, captured by JazzSet in honor of Black History Month.

The legacy of the late hip-hop producer extended far beyond the beats he painstakingly created.

The San Francisco Symphony’s radio project, The Keeping Score Series: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever, is about musical revolutions—about the…

The Philadelphia-based chamber group Dolce Suono is known for exploring historical connections while pushing its art form into the future. As WRTI’s Susan…

The nephew of African-American contralto Marian Anderson was a trailblazer in his own right, an acclaimed conductor in an age when few black men led major orchestras. His international performing, recording and teaching career blossomed despite significant physical challenges.

Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

A large work of art, which for decades was hidden beneath Middle Eastern soil, is now on view in Philadelphia. As WRTI’s Jim Cotter reports, the ancient…

Weston returns to Piano Jazz with host Marian McPartland to perform "A Ballad for T.," "Little Niles" and "African Lady."

It's as if we were all sent Valentines on Now is the Time, Sunday, February 10th at 10 pm. We're proud of all the music by women composers our show has…