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The multicultural collective's take on Latin boogaloo includes bolero, New Orleans funk, swing jazz and Arabic chant.

The first track on the first album released by Impulse! Records, 60 years ago, bears a prophetic title: "This Could Be the Start of Something Big."That…

Steve Edwards, who died on April 8 of complications from COVID-19, has been memorialized for his distinguished law career. He also served on WBGO’s Board…

Hemphill was a founding member and principal composer for the World Saxophone Quartet. The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmonyfeatures seven discs of newly released music from his archives.

As we continue to celebrate Michael Bourne's legacy at WBGO, here is a tribute from one of his former producers, Becca Pulliam — who reminds us that his presence on the air has been a gift.

By the 1930s, Duke Ellington had already risen to the top of the jazz world. What was to come proved that his band occupied its own musical universe: Decade after decade, Ellington's ever-talented orchestra rode incredible waves of creativity.

Composer Darcy James Argue runs a jazz big band — but imagines its sound as if big bands had stayed current rather than faded away. The music's clarity, contrasts and rhythms are all impressive.

Trombonist and bandleader David Gibson chats with WBGO's Brian Delp about his upcoming gig at Dizzy's Club and his latest album Fellowship

The British and Jamaican jazz pianist reflects on his long journey to becoming a musician confident in his voice and abilities.

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with Cynthia Sayer, recent winner of the prestigious Steve Martin Banjo Prize, about her life with the banjo and her mission to rid the instrument of its historical stereotypes and limitations.