Marian McPartland hosted National Public Radio’s Piano Jazz for over 30 years. Throughout her lifetime, she was known for her support of jazz education and other female jazz musicians.

Maxine Michaels hosts jazz on WRCJ’s Maxology every Friday at 7pm. She speaks with Midday Music host Peter Whorf about the top musicians and broadcasters who have influenced her throughout her radio career, leading off with a Motown legend…

This year’s Sphinx Organization concerto competition took place in the virtual space. You can still see the exciting performances by this year’s artists at DPTV.org. Sphinx Organization President Afa Dworkin speaks with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf about this year’s event…

Daniil Trifonov’s last two discs have focused on great Russian music of the past century. Trifonov is up for a Grammy for his Rachmaninoff release, and his newest recording, Silver Age, delivers the best of Prokofiev, Scriabin and Stravinsky. Daniil spoke with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf last week…

Tyshawn Sorey has found his voice, drawing upon all kinds of music, from the classical avant garde, to jazz and traditional classical music, to express himself as a contemporary black American composer.

Photo Attribution: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with Kenneth Thompkins, Principal Trombone of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in this extended interview originally from her February episode of "Live With C Sharpe".

In a historic concert in Genoa Italy, Detroit native Regina Carter was the first African American and jazz musician invited to perform on Nicolo Paginini’s 200 year-old Guarneri violin.

Photo Attribution: Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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