Arts and Culture

Interview with Gary Carner, author of a biography of baritone saxophone legend Pepper Adams

Country Music Legend Martina McBride speaks with Delmarva Public Media's Bryan Russo about the thrill of playing in front of audiences again, and about how she navigated the global pandemic.

New big band release by the Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra is inspired by superheroes. Peter Solomon has the full interview with Stephen Philip Harvey. Click here for more...

Arturo O’Farrill is the son of legendary Latin jazz composer Chico O’Farrill. Like his father, he writes adventurous, imaginative compositions that incorporate a rich variety of Latin rhythms, informed by the complex harmonies and structures of European concert music.

Williams talks about his early musical studies with his father. He shares some of the lessons he learned working with Shirley Horn and Betty Carter and what it was like joining Miles Davis’ historic mid-60’s quintet.

The Brass Queens are an all-female brass band that formed in Brooklyn three years ago. This weekend, they will be making their second appearance at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May, NJ. This segment features a conversation with co-founders Ally Chapel and Alex Harris.

WESM's Music Director Peter Solomon speaks with Festival producer Michael Kline.

Leslie Segar, better known as "Big Lez", is a living legend and a pioneer in hip-hop, dance, radio, and television.

One day, rummaging through the bins of a record store in his hometown of Syracuse, NY, clarinetist Harry Skoler came across a Charles Mingus recording called Mingus Moves. Something about that music touched him deeply.

To mark Mingus’ centennial, we are broadcasting an interview with his widow, Sue Graham Mingus. For decades, she worked tirelessly to keep Mingus’ musical legacy alive, running the Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Legacy through a company called Jazz Workshop, Inc. She’s now 92 years old and her son, Robert Ungaro runs the organization. When we spoke in 2003, she had just published a memoir about her marriage to Charles Mingus called Tonight at Noon.