Sonny Rollins at 95

This meeting of Library Mixtape (formerly Vinyl Record Listening Club) is a little different, we're officially partnering up with to bring you some special programming!

About WRTI: WRTI is a member-supported, non-commercial radio station for classical music and jazz serving Greater Philadelphia, PA, NJ, and DE. WRTI champions music as a vital cultural resource through discovery, curation, performance, community, preservation, and education. Tune in at 90.1 FM, or stream at WRTI.org and the WRTI app. WRTI is a broadcast service of Temple University. Learn more at wrti.org.

WRTI is hosting a Sonny Rollins Weekend to celebrate his 95th birthday (9/7/25) from September 4-8th. Special programming starts with at 6pm on Thursday, September 4th and concludes with at 6am on Monday, September 8th. Most shows on WRTI are participating- you can expect between 2-3 Sonny Rollins songs every hour!

For our September meeting of Vinyl Record Listening Club, we're doing a deep dive on . We have a guest co-host: (he/him) of WRTI's program. Julian will spin vinyl in the library collection from 5:30-6:30PM, then we'll be rolling with member selections from 6:30-7:30! BYO is welcome if you have any Rollins vinyl, but you can also choose from our selection of library albums. Please help us know how many people to expect! RSVP at our Eventbrite! NOTE: Your ticket doesn't reserve you a seat, it just helps us know how to set our room up!

Please sign up for our to get meeting reminders, information about music themes, to sign up to bring an album using our sign up sheet, or rescheduling/cancelation notices!

We're so excited to spin vinyl with you!

Questions? You can contact the Music Department by email at [email protected] or by phone at 215-686-5316.

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