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  • Club Watch: Rob Duguay at Jazz Standard

    July 29, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Live Music, Places and Spaces
    Rob Duguay drums, Alex Cowings dances .. Fran Kaufman photo
    Rob Duguay plays drums, Alex Cowings dances

    Many nights at Jazz Standard, Rob Duguay greets you at the door. But Tuesday night, he took the stage with his own fine band Songevity - Abraham Burton and Noah Preminger contrasting on tenor saxes, Justin Kauflin on piano, Rob on bass and more, Nadav Snir-Zelniker on drums. Yvonne Simone sang, Alex Cowings tapped and clapped, and Fran Kaufman snapped the photos. Packed house, great vibes, new faces.

    © 2011 WBGO

  • Saratoga Jazz Festival Hopscotch

    June 29, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Community, Places and Spaces

    At the recent Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY,

    Sarah Rasmussen of Baltimore was laying out a hopscotch board.

    A motif for a song?

    Sarah's hopscotch board

    Sarah Rasmussen at SPAC in Saratoga Springs

    © 2011 WBGO

  • Newark’s Jazz Club Scene: An Aural History Project from WBGO News

    August 10, 2010. Posted by Andrew Meyer.

    Add new comment | Filed under: cadillac club, Jazz Alive, jazz clubs, Jazz Community, key club, Live Music, newark, News, Places and Spaces, Real Life Stories, sparky j's, the playbill

    Do you remember the Playbill, the Cadillac Club? How about the Key Club or Sparky J’s? Do you know someone, a friend, a parent, a grandparent who used to hang out in Newark’s jazz scene back during the heyday?

    WBGO News is looking for first-hand stories of Newark’s rich jazz history to capture as part of a new aural history project. We’re looking for remembrances from those times. What did the places look like, smell like, feel like, etc. Why were they so much fun during that time? What made the jazz clubs the place to be. What did they like about them. What performers did they see there? What songs got people moving? Did they perhaps meet their future spouse at a club?

    We’re looking to interview people who have stories to tell about this aspect of Newark’s rich cultural heritage. You can reach us at jazzclubs@wbgo.org, or you can get in touch with news director Doug Doyle at 973-624-8880, ext. 264.

    © 2010 WBGO