Herbie Hancock

Chicago is hosting this year's International Jazz Day. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Nate Chinen, who is covering the event for Philadelphia's WRTI jazz station.

Herbie Hancock presides over the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Chicago on Thursday, April 30 at 8 p.m. ET. Watch the video stream here at WRTI.

Joni’s Jazz, a celebration of Joni Mitchell's deep affinity with jazz, will be released as a boxed set and on digital services on Sep. 5. A previously unreleased demo version of "Be Cool" from 1980 has been released as a single today.

The centerpiece event of International Jazz Day takes place in Abu Dhabi, with a global musical cast. Catch them in the All-Star Global Concert at 4 p.m. EDT on April 30, here at wrti.org.

If the winners circle for jazz felt familiar at the Grammys this year, there's good reason. So what's the problem?

Herbie Hancock reunited the personnel on his landmark jazz-funk album 'Head Hunters' for a 50th-anniversary celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. For WRTI's Greg Bryant, it was a chance of a lifetime.

Jazz bandleader Kamasi Washington has released Fearless Movement, a new album inspired by dance.

Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.

This year's International Jazz Day Global All-Star Concert, which falls as usual on April 30, will be streamed from 13 cities.