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Few had the late Fort Apache Band drummer's intuition for both jazz and Afro-Cuban musical languages. Bandleader Jerry González remembers his colleague, who toured with Mongo Santamaria, Art Blakey, Tito Puente and Max Roach, and earned a Grammy nomination for one of his own albums.

Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, August 3rd, 5 to 6 pm. The year 1935 was a critical one for three composers at different…

Today, J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are among the most popular pieces from the Baroque era. WRTI’s Susan Lewis explores the mystery in the story of…

"A composer like me could not have existed in Europe 150 years ago," says 27-year-old Arab-American Mohammed Fairouz. Learn more about his work — including a wind symphony inspired by artist Art Spiegelman's comics — and hear excerpts from an upcoming recording.

Why do people cough during classical music concerts? Is it a physical reflex or is there something else going on? WRTI’s Meridee Duddleston takes a look…

Many people hear the word "Creole" and immediately think of New Orleans. So it's easy to look at bandleader/trumpeter Etienne Charles’ new album, Creole…

Don't miss our annual broadcast of the extraordinarily talented students who attended the Macy's/Sansom Foundation Organ Camp this summer. Instructors…

Five acclaimed American conductors and composers — from Pulitzer Prize winners Jennifer Higdon and David Lang to the Atlanta Symphony's Robert Spano — pick their favorite homegrown symphonic works.

Who sung it? Who swung it? Who brung it? We want to know. Vote for your #1 favorite jazz song here. We're counting down our listener-selected top 100 jazz…

Unusual ensembles blend their voices on Now Is the Time, Sunday, August 4th at 10 pm. W.A. Mathieu vaulted into stardom among jazz cognoscenti when, at…