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Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer and bandleader Bill Charlap celebrates the 60th anniversary of "Jazz in the Garden"

WBGO | By Doug Doyle,

Published August 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM EDT

Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer Bill Charlap will perform at the Jazz in the Garden Series at The Newark Museum of Art.

Charlap will be joined by drummer Kenny Washington and bassist David Wong. Antoinette Montague will also sing as part of the celebration.

Bill Charlap spoke with his dear friend, WBGO's Sheila Anderson ,about the importance of having fun when performing live.

You can SEE Sheila's entire conversation with Bill Charlap below.

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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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Sheila Anderson

In 1995 Sheila E. Anderson joined the staff of WBGO in Newark, New Jersey where she hosts Weekend Jazz Overnight and Salon Sessions. She has authored four books: The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac (2003), How to Grow as A Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed (2005) (both published by Allworth Press), The Little Red Book of Musicians Wisdom (Skyhorse Press, 2012) and the 2^nd edition of How to Grow as A Musician was published in 2019,

In addition to curating jazz at the Newark Museum of Art, Ms. Anderson is a 2017 Columbia University Community Scholar, an inaugural Dan
Morgenstern Fellow by the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark
(2020), is a graduate of Baruch College and resides in Harlem, NYC.

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