On the Shoulders of Giants

March 26, 2008. Posted by Doug Doyle.

Add new comment | Filed under: basketball, demand feature, harlem, jazz, Jazz Alive, kareem abdul jabbar, knicks fans, love, nba, nightmares, podcast, Sports Jam, time leading scorer, wbgo

Even though Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has had his fill of basketball, he says he can never get enough jazz. You can tell the NBA's all-time leading scorer enjoys talking about his early days in Harlem and his love of jazz. Find out more.

Click here for the latest session of SportsJam, WBGO's new podcast/on-demand feature. When you hear how serious Kareem is about music and basketball, you can understand why he has been so successful on and off the court. It's great to hear that Kareem listens to WBGO when he's in NYC, a place where he gave Knicks fans nightmares.
-Doug Doyle

© 2008 WBGO

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SportsJam - Trumpeter Jon Faddis

February 25, 2008. Posted by Doug Doyle.

Add new comment | Filed under: dad, demand feature, different sports, Encounters, interviewing, Jazz Alive, jazz band, Jazz Community, john coltrane, jon faddis, new sports, old timers, podcast, real sports, Remix, saxophone, special sports, sports fan, sports stars, tiger, tiger woods, time jazz, trumpeter, wbgo

I had a blast interviewing trumpeter Jon Faddis for SportsJam, WBGO's new sports podcast/on-demand feature. Jon is a real sports fan who loves the old-timers from several different sports. I asked him to put together his all-time jazz band made up of sports stars. He selected Tiger Woods to be the saxophone of John Coltrane. Find out who else he picked, his thoughts on why he thinks jazz and sports are related and hear about his special sports relationship with his dad. Listen now.
-Doug Doyle

© 2008 WBGO

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