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An acclaimed American opera gets a rare honor — a second recording.

Join host Bob Craig to hear some well-known "jazz characters" get the Big Band Jazz treatment, including "Killer Joe," "Freddy Freeloader," and others.…

WRTI's Jim Cotter speaks with James Gaffigan. The young American conductor has a growing reputation at home and abroad.

WRTI's Susan Lewis considers the life and work of George Gershwin, and one of the great 20th-century master’s signature works, Rhapsody in…

Bassist Linda Oh's story is so compelling, everyone who writes about her mentions it: how she was born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, who emigrated to western Australia when she was 3.

A young and impassioned country girl, Tatiana (soprano Oksana Dyka), hastily writes a love letter to the brooding aristocrat Onegin (baritone Dalibor…

From two stages at the Newport Jazz Festival, hear a gifted young singer and the Latin side of Herbie Hancock.

Piano Jazz celebrates its 30th anniversary with a return visit from pianist, composer and arranger Dick Hyman, who appeared on the show during its first season in 1979. Always the fleet-fingered pianist and versatile musician, Hyman performs Gershwin, Jobim and a James P. Johnson rag before winding up the hour playing an improvised blues tune with host Marian McPartland.

It’s burning out there, so cool down and take a wider view on Now is the Time, Sunday, July 8th at 10 pm. It’s American contemporary music on WRTI-HD2 and…

The bassist and bandleader was born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, but as a toddler she moved with her family to Australia. Her album weaves in her family's stories — and even their languages.