David F. Gibson, whose precise and hard-driving beat powered legacy editions of the Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway orchestras, and other bands big and small, died on July 30. He was 72.

A new documentary about Sun Ra, the otherworldly composer-bandleader, will screen at the BlackStar Film Festival on Aug. 2. As director Christine Turner tells WRTI, it's a portrait that relies on a balancing act.

Impulse! Records has announced the fall release of two landmarks by saxophonist John Coltrane, in special vinyl editions: 'A Love Supreme: Mono Edition' and 'The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings.' Here's what that means.

Chick Corea composed "The Visitors" on a commission for the classical piano phenom Kirill Gerstein and a mutual friend, the jazz vibraphone legend Gary Burton. Its release on ECM honors some fond personal history, as Gerstein and Burton recently explained in an interview with WRTI.

Watch an exclusive in-studio video for "Queen King," the first single from Trio of Bloom, featuring guitarist Nels Cline, keyboardist Craig Taborn, and drummer Marcus Gilmore. Their debut album arrives on Sept. 26.

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.

This Juneteenth, WRTI is proud to present a video premiere of "Driva'man," from the new Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell album 'We Insist! 2025.'

He is no longer actively performing, but as Keith Jarrett ushers in his ninth decade, he's still releasing new recordings — in this case, a track from 'New Vienna,' the latest document from his final European tour. Learn more and listen here.

From his seat at the piano, Andy Bey sang with a hushed interiority that could make a listener feel as if he were exchanging confidences. He died on April 26, at 85.

"We're celebrating artists who are going to continue to make an imprint on the field," Ashley Ferro-Murray, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, tells WRTI. Two such artists are harpist Brandee Younger and drummer Kassa Overall, who are among the 2025 Doris Duke Artists.