Peplowski, who died Feb. 2, started playing clarinet professionally at age 10 and went on to perform with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and to record on his own. Originally broadcast July 7, 1999.

Also a saxophone standout, he served as stylistic bridge between the Benny Goodman swing era and the genre-blurring present.

Artwork by Brother Mickey McGrath Fifty-one years ago, Mary Lou Williams, famed Black jazz pianist and composer, approached Cardinal Terence ...

This semi-formal event will be held in the lobby of the Jackson Sasser Fine Arts Hall and will include light appetizers and ...

Swing along to the second performance ever of the Philharmonia Big Band, with conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali on drums. The ...

The famed composer-conductor appreciates the comfort he takes with the Cleveland Orchestra; the ease he feels working with musicians who he believes understand him.

California Symphony, led by Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera and Executive Director Lisa Dell, has unveiled its ...

Tuesday marked the 65th anniversary of “the day the music died.” In the early morning hours in 1959, a small airplane carrying early rock pioneers Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens crashed ...

While an official cause of death has yet to be released, Signature Cruise Experiences confirmed Peplowski was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2021. The condition is a cancer that forms in a type of ...

His passing came after a five-year battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer that begins in the plasma cells in the bone marrow, ...

In the late 1960s, he was tapped as dean of the CalArts School of Music, helping shape the school’s bold, interdisciplinary identity. CalArts welcomed its first students in 1969, held initial classes ...

David Miller's radio show, "Swingin' Down the Lane," now broadcast on more than 50 National Public Radio and community radio stations around the country, started out as "A Sentimental Journey." ...