WBGO Blog

  • WBGO Partners with Midsummer Night Swing

    May 22, 2013. Posted by Brandy Wood.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive

    WBGO is returning to Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park for another summer of dancing under the stars during Midsummer Night Swing. The three WBGO Nights during the season are:

    June 25 - Opening Night
    Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

    July 2
    Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
    (come to the WBGO table and enter to win a pair of tickets to their performance on the TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival at NJPAC in November!)

    July 4
    Battle of the Bands: The George Gee Swing Orchestra vs. Mora's Modern Rhythmists

    (Tickets go on sale today)

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  • Singer Karrin Allyson With Michael Bourne

    May 21, 2013. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Interviews, Jazz Alive, michael bourne

    Singer Karrin Allyson talks with Michael Bourne about her Grammy-nominated album, 'Round Midnight, and performance at New York's 54 Below nightclub on April 21, 2013. Enjoy!

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  • Bassist Christian McBride With Gary Walker

    May 21, 2013. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

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    Bassist Christian McBride talks with WBGO's Gary Walker about his new CD with Inside Straight, People Music, and plans for the sixth annual "Inside The Jazz Note" concert with saxophonist Jimmy Heath, trumpeter Jon Faddis, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Cedar Walton and drummer Louis Hayes. The concert, which includes an on-stage conversation and master class for students from the Jazz House Kids educational nonprofit which McBride co-leads with his wife, vocalist Melissa Walker, will take place at the Kasser Theater of Montclair State University at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22. Enjoy!

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