Immanuel Wilkins

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.

This week's Moment's Notice brings us a special new event - the Germantown Jazz Festival. Beyond that, performances from fantastic young artists, such as Zoh Amba, Immanuel Wilkins and Isaiah Collier, will be touching down in other parts of the city.

We're looking back at the stories, themes and other highlights from a jam-packed year — including Blues Blood, an album by our guest, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins.

Feel that rumble underfoot? It might be the stampeding onrush of new music this fall. This episode, we’re throwing a spotlight on the most anticipated albums among them — including 'Odyssey,' by tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia.

Last year, the Philadelphia jazz legend Odean Pope joined a former saxophone student, Immanuel Wilkins, and the Danish drummer Kresten Osgood for an inspired and entirely improvised set.

"BP with the GM" won the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting, among other honors in the 2023 JJA Jazz Awards.

Among the two dozen or so artists honored with a 2023 JJA Jazz Award, a few stand out for dominant wins in multiple categories.

WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen returned to live music with fervor this year — and one artist in particular, the young saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, emerged as a constant presence.

We close out our Youngbloods series with saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins, who takes us into the relationship between his faith and his compositions.

Working with his superbly intuitive band — Micah Thomas on piano, Daryl Johns on bass, Kweku Sumbry on drums — we listen in on Wilkins' powerful January performance, recorded live at PhilaMOCA.