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The indefatigable saxophonist who helped redefine jazz in the late 1960s died in his sleep Thursday.

The Crossing continues to cement its adventurous reputation with 'Titration,' a choral cycle composed by Shara Nova. Read our Album of the Week review.

Beach House and Mitski and Spoon, oh my! Here are the tracks public radio is spinning over and over this year.

After more than 50 years in radio, Kevin Gordon is retiring; his last day on the air will be March 17. Here are some gracious parting words.

This week's Moment's Notice brings familiar faces like Julius Rodriguez and Anaïs Reno, as well as new ones like Stella Cole.

Meet double bassist Luke Halpern, a senior at Friends' Central School and Principal Double Bassist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra.

The index dropped just more than 200 points, about 1.6 percent, on concerns about weak economic growth around the world.

Wynton Marsalis has been playing the trumpet since he was 6, and won his first Grammy at 20 and has 9 total. He's also the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize. His latest album is The Magic Hour. (This Interview first aired Dec. 7, 1994.)

John Pizzarelli has been playing jazz guitar with his legendary father, Bucky, since he was 6 years old. John's latest album is Dear Mr. Sinatra, on which he plays songs written for Ol' Blue Eyes. Pizzarelli appears at the Birdland jazz club in Manhattan this week.

Host Jackie Judd talks with Karrin Allyson, a singer who's new album dedicated to the work of John Coltrane combines both her jazz and classical training. Allyson's vocal CD, based on Coltrane's instrumental Ballads record, is titled "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane." (6:21) {Karrin Allyson, "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane." Concord Records, 2001} {John Coltrane Quartet, Ballads MCA Records 1987}