WBGO Archive: A 2002 conversation between legendary announcer Michael Bourne and NEA Jazz Master Roy Haynes

WBGO | By Doug Doyle,

Becca Pulliam

Published November 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM EST

Christian McBride, left, during a Roy Haynes 90th Birthday Celebration at the Blue Note — Christian McBride, left, during a **Roy Haynes** 90th Birthday Celebration at the Blue Note

On October 7, 2002 two legendary figures got together on WBGO to talk about the music they love.

The late WBGO announcer Michael Bourne spent an hour that day with NEA Jazz Master and pioneering drummer Roy Haynes.

Roy Haynes at Newport Jazz Festival in 2013

Haynes died on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at the age of 99.

Thanks to WBGO Archive Director Becca Pulliam and special thanks to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for helping WBGO save our archive.

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Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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