Now vs. Now and Third World Love at 92Y Tribeca

April 26, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

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WBGO presented The Checkout: Live From The 92Y Tribeca with Jason Lindner's Now vs. Now and Third World Love. Watch the archived concert footage below.

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Catherine Russell at Jazz Leadership Society Brunch

April 25, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

Add new comment | Filed under: concerts, Live Music, Live Music Blogging

Singer Catherine Russell performed for an enthusiastic crowd at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Nico Kitchen + Bar on Sunday, April 22, as part of WBGO's annual Jazz Leadership Society Singers Unlimited brunch, which honors our most loyal and generous supporters. WBGO's Michael Bourne hosts.

Enjoy the podcast and we hope you'll join the Jazz Leadership Society, and join us in person next year!

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WBGO JAM Live: New School Swingers

April 23, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Jazz Appreciation Month, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, Student Groups

The New School Swingers performed live in the WBGO studios today, the ninth and last in our series of student performances for Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). Listen to audio from this broadcast here. A full set list and links to hear our other JAM broadcasts are below.

The ensemble, which has members from South Africa and Sweden as well as the United States, performed "hot swing" classics from the 1930s, including Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues," Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" and Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose."

We hope you enjoy our Jazz Appreciation Month festival of student ensembles!

Members of the New School Swingers

Alto: Ross Harris
Trumpet: Lesedi Ntsane
Violin: Anna Fuerstenberg
Piano and bandleader: Dinos San Pedro
Bass: Ben Murphy

Drums: Alex Kirkpatrick
Guitar: Nelsen Hutchison

New School Swingers Set List

"C Jam Blues" - Duke Ellington

"Dinah" - Harry Ackst, Sam L. Lewis and Joe Young

"Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt

"Funeral March" - Ben Murphy

"Nuages" - Django Reinhardt

"You're The One" - Dinos San Pedro

"Honeysuckle Rose" - Fats Waller and Andy Razaf

"Everybody Loves My Baby" - Spencer Williams, Jack Palmer

"Thick And Thin" - Dinos San Pedro

"I'll Fly Away" - Albert Brumley

WBGO JAM Live Broadcasts 2012

Click to hear the New Jersey City University Art Blakey Combo

Click to hear the Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma Ensemble

Click to hear the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Quartet

Click to hear the NYU Wayne Shorter Ensemble

Click to hear the Berklee Global Jazz Institute

Click to hear the SUNY Purchase Ornette Coleman Ensemble

Click to hear the William Paterson Jazz Sextet

Click to hear the La Guardia High School Senior Jazz Band

Click to hear the New School Swingers

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