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The funk-ridden grooves of Wilson's music could feel larger than life, particularly those he created for Blue Note Records in the late 1960s and early '70s.

In Fanfare this week, we've got a witty & wicked collaboration between Tugan Sokhiev, Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, an extraordinary visit from the musicians from Marlboro, a futuristic soundscape experience from Max Richter, and more.

Philly Joe Jones stood within the first tier of jazz drummers in 1958, when he took an all-star band and a Bela Lugosi impression into the studio. Our Spooky Season soundtracks have never been the same.

In an effort to shake up a "pill for every ill" approach, the Army is making alternative treatments more widely available. Among the new options is acupuncture, which some veterans say is making them less dependent on painkillers. That doesn't mean there isn't resistance, including from many in uniform.

Opponents of same-sex marriage believe that if a Democrat-dominated Statehouse could vote in gay marriage, a Republican-dominated one may be able to vote it out. A bill to repeal the law has the backing of some top leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature, but rescinding rights is never easy.

He's one of New York's top jazz guitarists, but Lionel Loueke grew up in the West African nation of Benin. Since he left, he has forged a unique sound which draws from the traditional music of his youth.

As WRTI's Listener Choice Countdown rolls into Valentine's Day, we're pleased to feature a classic by Miles Davis, your No. 4 pick for Top Jazz Artist, as Album of the Week.

Louis in London, due out July 12 on Verve, captures Armstrong in a BBC studio with his All Stars, in superb late-career form.

Our beloved Bob Perkins turned 88 years young on December 6th! Beginning on his birthday, and through his Thursday night show, BP played his 88 favorite tunes from 6 to 9 PM. That’s one tune for each key of the piano, and one tune for each of Robert Ellis Perkins’ years on Earth.

The trumpeter and bandleader premiered his gospel-jazz Abyssinian Mass back in 2008. But now, accompanied by a 70-voice choir, he's taking the sprawling work on the road and into African-American churches — whose services were the inspiration for the piece.