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John, Paul, Johann, and Wolfgang: How Classical Music Inspired The Beatles (and Terri Hemmert!)

Beloved radio legend Terri Hemmert’s long and winding road to being Chicago’s resident “Beatle-ologist.”

Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021

Jazz great Chick Corea with 23 Grammy Awards dies at 79

Keegan MorrisFebruary 9, 2021

Playlist: This Music Has Kept Joffrey Dancers Active and Inspired in the Pandemic

Associated PressFebruary 8, 2021

New York Philharmonic launches on-demand streaming service

From 2015: Ramsey Lewis On His Long Overdue CSO Debut

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 12, 2022

WFMT spoke to the Chicago-born Lewis in 2015, when, at the age of 80, his music received its first CSO performance.

Queen Elizabeth II gives a speech in 2015

Queen Elizabeth II dead after 70 years on the throne

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2022

A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era.

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Music helping Tony Bennett battle Alzheimer’s disease

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2021

Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016, but he continues to rehearse and twice a week. His wife says: "When he sings, he's the old Tony."

Video: Jazz Humorist Slim Gaillard Takes on ‘Clair de lune’

Daniel GoldbergJanuary 25, 2021

Master of both humor and music, Slim Gaillard always found a way to make his audience smile. Watch his swinging, sidesplitting take on one of Debussy's most beloved works.

South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021

Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83.

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