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.

At the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival, an instrument long consigned to the background becomes the through line of a century of jazz history — from New Orleans parades to fusion, funk and the ...

On a busy street corner in downtown Austin, a young saxophonist plays for anyone who will listen. From the honks of passing cars to campus stages, jazz performance freshman Ben Goodman turned his love ...

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.

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 ...

Ken Peplowski, the beloved jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, has died. The musician was found dead at 66 on board the ...

While an official cause of death has yet to be released, Signature Cruise Experiences confirmed Peplowski was diagnosed with ...

The Longmont Museum will host a special screening Sunday of “The Longest Walk,”, a documentary chronicling the life and work ...

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 ...

Few musicians have earned the status that Jim Ward has. Explosive live performances (including the occasional throwing of furniture) helped launch post-hardcore band At the Drive-In into rock stardom, ...