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A haunting program of early a cappella vocal works focused on death, loss and the sobering prospect of having to face one's own mortality.

Air was a flagship of the 1970s avant-garde, but saxophonist Henry Threadgill, bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall first came together to play Scott Joplin's piano music. That and more are documented on a massive eight-CD box set of Threadgill's music.

Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, now living as a refugee, composed 'Maidan' in response to the Euromaidan, a wave of demonstrations in 2014. His new album features its performance by the Kyiv Chamber Choir.

American INSIGHT presents 'Jazz in China' with its 2022 Free Speech Award in a ceremony on Nov. 19. A post-screening discussion will include the film's director, Eugene Marlow, and WRTI's Bob Craig.

Sankofa — the idea that we can draw from our past to make positive progress in the future — serves as a guiding light for WRTI, never more clearly than during this Black History Month.

A new Vinyl Me, Please anthology, 'Miles Davis: The Electric Years,' compiles all-analog reissues of seven albums, from 1969 to '74, on deluxe vinyl.

The latest single from Joshua Redman's new Blue Note album, 'where are we,' is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia," featuring vocals by Gabrielle Cavassa.

Last year, the Philadelphia jazz legend Odean Pope joined a former saxophone student, Immanuel Wilkins, and the Danish drummer Kresten Osgood for an inspired and entirely improvised set.

Armed with just her cello, a looping machine and a pair of percussionists, Beiser crafts a rendition of Terry Riley's pioneering In C that is equally mesmerizing and graceful.

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."