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This week's jazz highlights in Moment's Notice include two excellent big bands, an AACM elder, and a multiple-Grammy-winning producer.

A multi-year initiative, Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures supports the BIPOC creative community with artist and project grants. Saxophonist Odean Pope, 85, was among 39 new recipients in 2024.

Pianist Isata and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason are British sibling classical virtuosos. Still in their twenties, the star soloists have just released their first joint album.

A powerfully searching saxophonist and educator who made an outsize impact in Baltimore and his native Philadelphia, Carl Grubbs died on Jan. 5, at 79.

Meet 16-year-old violinist Gabriela Salvador Riera, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

For Farrah Rahaman, the scholar bringing Immanuel Wilkins to the Penn campus, his project Blues Blood "feels big and stirring like the ocean." That seems even truer with the venerable poet Sonia Sanchez and author Imani Perry in the mix.

For Leonard Bernstein, a dog was always man's best friend. So it's only fitting that the conductor's birthday falls next to National Dog Day — a prompt to consider some lively music Bernstein composed with particular pooches in mind.

WRTI is proud to present the 2024-25 season of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts. Tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, at 90.1 FM, streaming at wrti.org, or on the WRTI Mobile App.

The nominations are in for the 65th Grammy Awards, to be held on Feb. 5, 2023. Here are a few takeaways from the Classical and Jazz fields.

There are some tough choices for a jazz fan in Philly this week. Moment's Notice is here to help you sort them out.