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Bob Perkins in 2016. The jazz DJ known to loyal listeners on Temple University radio station WRTI-FM by his tagline "BP with the GM" has died it 91. STEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

Bob Perkins, the beloved Philadelphia jazz DJ known as ‘BP with the GM,’ has died at 91

The legendary WRTI-FM jazz host's death marks the end of an era in Philadelphia radio.

Frank Sinatra at a Capitol Records recording session in Los Angeles, 1954. Billy Byers' arrangements for Sinatra's "Sinatra at the Sands" have never been performed before.

Never-before-performed Frank Sinatra and Count Basie arrangements will be heard in Collingswood this weekend

Shaun Brady, For The Inquirer

David Bowie in Philadelphia in 1974. Brewerytown Records' Max Ochester's accidental discovery of lost master tapes from the 'Young Americans' sessions at Sigma Sound Studio in 1974 adds a new chapter to Bowie's Philly music history.

Never-before-heard David Bowie recordings unearthed at Montco estate sale

Bad Bunny performs during his "Most Wanted Tour" stop at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Friday, April 19, 2024.

Bad Bunny’s new album is a love letter to the people of Puerto Rico

Rafael Álvarez Febo, For The Inquirer

Robert Glasper performs during the Roots Picnic at the Mann Center in Philadelphia on Sunday, June 2, 2024. The pianist and bandleader plays six shows at City Winery Philadelphia this week.

Philly music this week is headlined by Kurt Vile, Robert Glasper, and All-Stars of Hip-Hop

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