Herbie Hancock presides over the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Chicago on Thursday, April 30 at 8 p.m. ET. Watch the video stream here at WRTI.

5 sets that WRTI Associate Program Director Julian Booker loved at the 2026 Big Ears Festival

One of the most celebrated classical artists of our time, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson opens a dialogue with Beethoven on his new album, 'Opus 109.' Before his concert in Philadelphia, he talked with Zev Kane about time travel, synesthesia, and the wonders of Icelandic moss.

Edward Gorey's classic children's book The Gashlycrumb Tinies inspired Carla Kihlstedt to create a song cycle for singing violinist and chamber orchestra. She's about to perform that piece, 26 Little Deaths, twice in the Philadelphia area, courtesy of Network for New Music.

A dozen distinguished artists have just joined the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, according to an announcement by The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America.

With his exceptional fluency on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Ken Peplowski was a prominent voice in straight-ahead jazz. He died on Monday aboard the Jazz Cruise.

Composers like Gabriela Ortiz and producers like Elaine Martone were among the classical artists who made pointed statements beyond the strictly musical at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

The 68th Grammy Awards saw repeat jazz winners like Christian McBride and Samara Joy (and Chick Corea, posthumously), but also first-timers like Nate Smith and Remy Le Boeuf.

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that its founder, Wynton Marsalis, will step down as artistic director in July 2027.

A pianist and composer who brought harmonic depth and rhythmic daring to the rangy post-1960s jazz mainstream, Richie Beirach died on Jan. 26 in Southwest Germany. He was 78.