This week's Moment's Notice features artists in places we don't often see: Snarky Puppy at Longwood Gardens, the Hiruy Tirfe Quartet at Love City Brewing, Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound at Hawthorne Park and more.

Oscar Peterson's centennial is Friday, Aug. 15. Tune in to WRTI all week to hear selections from throughout his career, including a special one-hour tribute during Bob Craig's Sunday Jazz Brunch on Aug. 17.

What is your ideal summer-jazz heat signature? Cool and refreshing, like a standard sung by Stacey Kent? Or bright and blazing, like an uptempo blues by the Marel Hidalgo Organ Trio?

For International Cat Day on Aug. 8, our classical broadcast honors a frisky tradition of feline inspiration.

On his fine new Blue Note album, Words Fall Short, saxophonist Joshua Redman introduces a band full of up-and-comers, including Philly’s own Nazir Ebo. This young cohort reminded us of a conversation The Late Set had with Redman in the fall of 2023. We're sharing it again with you now.

Finesse and fire — those are the ingredients you’ll find among this week’s offerings in Moment’s Notice, which feature two standout singers, a lauded saxophonist, and a local hot-jazz band.

Among the notable new releases in our August edition of Sunday Classical are albums by Neave Trio, pianist Steven Osborne, Orchestre de Paris with Klaus Mäkelä, and guitarists Xuefei Yang and Raphaël Feuillâtre.

It’s midsummer, and that means that we here at WRTI are taking stock of some of our favorite releases to come out thus far in 2025.

An accomplished harpist and educator, Jill Pasternak led a distinguished career in radio, including 18 years at WRTI.

We're so sad to share the news that Jill Pasternak died on July 26 of natural causes at age 91. Here are a few of our memories of Jill. What are yours?