• Morning Cup of Jazz 12/21/11

    December 21, 2011. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

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    Hank Crawford
    Hank Crawford

    Today on WBGO:

    - JazzSet at 6:30 p.m. features Christian McBride and Inside Straight at the Detroit Jazz Festival.

    - At 7:30 p.m., host Allan Wolper talks with Nancy Gruskin, an influential lobbyist for bicycle safety in New York City since her husband, Stuart, was killed crossing 43rd Street by a food delivery man.

    - On our blog, WBGO says goodbye to trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, who passed away last Thursday, three days shy of his 82nd birthday, with a highlight from a 1986 performance by Brookmeyer with trumpeter Clark Terry and the Tommy Flanagan Trio.

    - Toast of the Nation, NPR’s coast-to-coast New Year’s Eve jazz party, will be back this year, and yes, it’s produced right here at WBGO! Join us for live performances by the Julian Lage Trio, Wynton Marsalis, and much more.

    Click through for more of today’s musical happenings:

    Highlights From Today's WBGO Music Calendar:

    George Colligan Trio is at the Cornelia Street Cafe

    Dan Tepfer is at the Rubin Museum of Art

    Giovanni Arencibia is at Skippers Plane Street Pub

    Dalton Gang is at Trumpets Jazz Club and Restaurant

    Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band is at Zinc Bar

    Cedar Walton Quartet is at the Village Vanguard

    Chris Botti is at the Blue Note

    Today's Jazz Birthdays:

    Hank Crawford – 1934

    JaRon Eames – 1953

    Paco De Lucia - 1947

    Panama Francis – 1918

    Warren Benbow – 1954

    Alex Blake - 1951

    George Treadwell – 1919

    Juan Carlos Águila Coghlan - 1949

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