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"In honor of Stevie Wonder's 75th, I'm overjoyed to pay homage to his vast tapestry of music," says Courtney Blue. From 9 p.m. to midnight, she'll play nothing but jazz versions of his songs on Late Evening Jazz.

A pair of experimental-music titans join forces this weekend, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Also in Moment's Notice this week: trumpeter Terell Stafford blows up Notsolatin, and the bright young singer Julia Danielle rolls into Chris' Jazz Cafe.

In this week's Fanfare, we're featuring Dalia Stasevska and Emanuel Ax with The Philadelphia Orchestra, pianists Cynthia Raim and Lydia Artymiw, a tribute concert to Lucia Dlugoszewski presented by Bowerbird and more.

Carmen Lundy, esperanza spalding and Sullivan Fortner are among the headliners at the 38th Clifford Brown Jazz Fest. Also this week, in Philly: Nasir Dickerson, Kaisa's Machine and more.

In this week's Fanfare, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to lead the Philadelphians in Bruckner's Fourth, the Jasper String Quartet debuts a commissioned work by Reinaldo Moya, The Crossing begins its 2025-2026 season and more.

Absent from the recording studio for more than a decade, the restless musician has commissioned six composers for his new album.

This week's Fanfare features a unique breadth of events, from two productions of one of the world's oldest operas to a strictly casual-dress performance and more.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.

Meet 16-year-old bassist Cheo Mangum, a junior at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), a 2025-2026 Ensemble Arts Philly All-City Jazz Fellow, and a member of the Temple Music Prep Community Music Scholars Jazz Ensemble, and of a jazz quartet through the MIC'd Up Philly program.

International pressure is building on Iran. On Wednesday, Iranian leaders claimed they made strides in their nuclear program and threatened to stop supplying oil to six European countries. Host Michel Martin hears what people inside the country think about the tensions. She speaks with writer Hooman Majd and human rights activist Sussan Tahmasebi.