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Henry Threadgill, Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath and Phil Schaap are this year's NEA Jazz Masters, and we honor them with music from across their distinguished careers.
Music News
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On The Checkout, British producer, rapper and pianist Alfa Mist talks about his journey from beat-maker to jazz musician. -
Purest Form, due out May 21 on Blue Note Records, will be just the second album by the otherwise wildly prolific keyboardist and composer James Francies.
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The saxophonist and composer has always pushed boundaries. Harlem Stage celebrates his career with a two-day concert retrospective of his various groundbreaking ensembles.
WBGO News
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While the school year is almost over, hundreds of Camden’s youngest learners came back to the classroom Monday as the district rolls out hybrid learning.
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Jazz Night in America
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Sung reflects on how, as a young classical pianist, she stuck to her jazz dreams. More recently, she's translated her emotions on social justice into a thematic composition for her quartet. -
The legendary pianist has lived many lives as a musician, from post-bop wunderkind to free-jazz maverick to fusion explorer to chamber-jazz eminence.
WBGO Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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courtesy of Linda Porter/WBGO legendary announcer, Grammy Award-winning producer, author and Blues Foundation Hall of Famer Bob Porter was a guest on SportsJam with Doug Doyle in 2008
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Jonathan Chimene/WBGOJazz United takes the occasion of Dr. Lonnie Smith's new album Breathe to consider his instrument, the Hammond B3 organ — and shout out a couple of his heirs, Sam Fribush and Cory Henry.
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Mark Morganelli/SportsJam with Doug Doyle welcomes trumpeter, flugelhornist and Jazz Forum Arts Executive Director Mark Morganelli, who's has also competed in four major marathons.
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Paul Wexler/As Jazz Appreciation Month gets underway, hear a conversation between WBGO's own Bob Porter and Nate Chinen about Porter's book Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975.
A virtual community conversation for Newark residents about the COVID-19 vaccine with Dr. Mark Wade, Dr. Shereef Elnahal & WBGO's Alexandra Hill. Wednesday, April 21 @ 7PM.
Wednesday, April 21 @ 8PM, host Keanna Faircloth interviews Dara Tucker via Facebook Live.
On June 17th, WBGO will present a special Virtual Fundraising Event, celebrating 42 years of spirit and community, to help us raise the additional funds necessary for us to continue delivering the quality of programming and content you have come to expect from us. Tickets on sale now!
We continue our celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. This week, we celebrate this year’s NEA Jazz Masters with daily musical highlights: Mon - Henry Threadgill; Tues - Albert “Tootie” Heath; Wed - Terri Lyne Carrington; Thurs - Phil Schaap (Charlie Parker) NEA Jazz Masters Broadcast -Thurs, 8pm on 88.3 FM & WBGO.org
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