Jazz

Valentin, who died Wednesday, is remembered by his longtime bandmate Robby Ameen.

Jazz artists have always used a collection of written music called "Real Books" to learn jazz standards. As WRTI's Maureen Malloy reports, Philadelphia…

I’ve had the pleasure of announcing many Larry Coryell tunes over the years. Larry, who passed on February 19th at age 73, was always relevant. In just…

The jazz-rock pioneer passed away in his sleep Feb. 19 in New York City.

The virtuosity of the legendary Miles Davis speaks through another trumpeter who follows him in tune and time. WRTI’s Meridee Duddleston talks with the…

So your classical composer or jazz artist didn’t quite make the top 13! What to do? Listen on Saturday, February 11th for the Next Ten on the list of…

Seventy-five years ago, Glenn Miller's hit kicked off a music industry tradition — and helped change its namesake city.

If you're a jazz musician looking for recognition from the Grammy Awards, it helps to be playing a song that's familiar.

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie have been credited with changing the face of jazz in the mid 1940s. They kicked it up a notch, and ushered in an era…

It was the late 1920s when French composer Maurice Ravel first heard jazz in the United States and in Paris, where it was also popular. How did it…