Live at the Village Vanguard - Adam Rogers Quintet

April 9, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: adam rogers, baby steps, confluence, debut, drums, edward simon, favorite places, firsts, guitarist, Jazz Alive, jazz club, jeff tain watts, legendary jazz, Listening Post, Live Music, mark turner, music site, Places and Spaces, pleasure, scott colley, tain, tenor, village vanguard, wbgo

The Village Vanguard is is one of my favorite places in New York. With that simple statement, it gives me great pleasure to introduce WBGO's newest adventure. We're starting a monthly concert series from the legendary jazz club. Our eventual plan is to air the shows live on WBGO, and stream them simultaneously on NPR's Music site. Last night, we took the first of many baby steps.

Guitarist Adam Rogers made his debut as a leader at the Vanguard, and we recorded our initial show for this series. An evening of "firsts," so to speak.

Here's the basic information:
Adam Rogers, guitar
Mark Turner, tenor
Edward Simon, piano
Scott Colley, bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts, drums

Set List:
Long Ago and Far Away
Absalom
Sight
Phyrigia
Confluence

Recorded 4/8/08

Listen to the concert now.
Check out some photos I took during the soundcheck.

We also recorded the second set. Someday you'll get to hear that, too! Stay tuned to the blog for more information about WBGO's new series, Live at the Village Vanguard.
-Josh

© 2008 WBGO

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Kudos to Morning Maestro Gary Walker

March 4, 2008. Posted by Doug Doyle.

Add new comment | Filed under: air drums, bassist john, dictionary, dizzy gillespie, first few days, gary walker, jazz 88, Jazz Alive, jazz club, Jazz Community, jon faddis, maestro, music, newscasts, radio station, sax, sports, talented artists, tenth anniversary, trumpeter, west orange

As my tenth anniversary at Jazz 88 is fast approaching, I remember my first few days at the radio station. I didn't know enough about the music to comment on anything. I had to rely on my personal Jazz Dictionary, Gary Walker. Thanks to the morning maestro, I've learned so much about jazz now...to a point where I play air drums, piano and sax in the studio in between newscasts. I'm also blessed to be working at a radio station where so many talented artists come to visit. Two recent events made me realize I've actually become a part of the jazz community. Trumpeter Jon Faddis agreed to shoot the breeze with me about sports and jazz on SportsJam and bassist John Lee complimented my work during a recent visit to Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange. Very cool to have two terrific guys who played with Dizzy Gillespie make me feel special!

Doug Doyle

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