Nate Chinen

Nate Chinen, editorial director for WRTI, shares some of his favorite music of the year.

WRTI is committed to celebrating the rich diversity of voices and experiences in classical music and jazz through the production of innovative, multichannel content. We’ve created a new position to lead the station in this effort. It is our pleasure to announce that Nate Chinen is now on board as WRTI’s first editorial director.

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Stanley Cowell, a pianist, composer and educator who demonstrated a vast range of possibilities for jazz over the last 50 years, died on Thursday at...