WRTI's Jazz Place
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The singer and pianist says he's loved Porter's music since he was a little kid. Connick's latest album pays tribute to an enduring influence. -
The Wall Street Journal describes trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg as "one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation." Bria and…
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November 11, 2019. Michaelle Lordi, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “an emotionally insightful performer with an arrestingly beautiful sound,"…
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Acclaimed British-Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, and music producer Ola Onabule makes a special stop in Philadelphia to share…
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November 2, 2019. Guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Hand already had a lot of big band experience under his belt when he launched The Peter Hand Big…
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October 28, 2019. While the rest of us wonder how someone named Jazzmeia Horn becomes a musician who actually lives up to such a name, all Ms. Horn does…
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Want to hear something very scary? On Halloween, WRTI brings you all sorts of eery classical music and jazz inspired by witches, ghosts, and the…
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October 21, 2019. Drummer Mike Clark made a name for himself as a “drummer’s drummer” when he appeared on Herbie Hancock’s album Thrust back in 1974.…
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The celebrated dynamic duo of Cuban-born pianist Axel Tosca and his vocalist mother, Xiomara Laugart, known as the "Voice of Cuba," visit with J. Michael…
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October 14, 2019. Jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek had made five critically acclaimed albums, mostly straight-ahead, light and breezy repertoire that left…
