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This week's Fanfare features two separate performances with star pianists, a special concert and symposium on the women of the Baroque era and more.
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Moment's Notice this week brings a hefty order of artists pushing boundaries in jazz, including Cécile McLorin Salvant, Thundercat and Jon Batiste. But like always, we're also keeping the local scene in mind, with performances from Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes, the Alexander Claffy Quartet and more.
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We're reposting Nate Chinen’s illuminating conversation with esperanza spalding, which will be featured in the inaugural episode of The Late Set Radio Hour. Tune in on Oct. 26 — Milton Nascimento's 83rd birthday.
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Philly Joe Jones stood within the first tier of jazz drummers in 1958, when he took an all-star band and a Bela Lugosi impression into the studio. Our Spooky Season soundtracks have never been the same.
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The composer, multi-instrumentalist and MacArthur "genius" fellow, deftly straddles the classical and jazz realms while unleashing the power of spaces between the notes.
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Join us on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2, as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program pairing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Florence Price's Piano Concerto, featuring Lara Downes.
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Founded by members of Variant 6 and Night Music, the Philadelphia Bach Collective seeks to carve out a regular space for Baroque music. Judging by an auspicious first concert, they're on their way.
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With its fusion of funk, jazz, Afrobeats and R&B, the British band conveys a radical mission to choose joy.
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Cindy Blackman Santana and Laufey bring a touch of celebrity to the scene this week, along with their jazz affinities. But our light shines just as bright on the club scene, where Tim Brey and Byron Landham are bringing (and swinging) the goods.
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This week's Fanfare brings a haunting opera performance, a visit from violinist Lisa Batiashvili, a vocal offering from Variant 6 and more.