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Michael Carvin Experience's 'Live In San Francisco' featured on New Day, New Play Oct 13-17

Michael Carvin Experience's 'Live In San Francisco
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Michael Carvin Experience's 'Live In San Francisco

Master drummer Michael Carvin's resume reads as it should for a Master - work with Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Abbey Lincoln, Ruth Brown, Lonnie Liston Smith, James Moody, Pharoah Sanders and countless other notables. His School of Drumming has nurtured quite a list too - Ralph Peterson, Jr., Eric McPherson, Allison Miller, Tyshawn Sorey, Michael Shrieve and Jaz Sawyer.

To catch the Michael Carvin Experience in performance is a grand lesson in creativity and synergy among the players on hand. This live date, captured in San Francisco, features Carvinn, pianist Peter Smith and bassist Mike Gurrola, re-imagining classic Coltrane, some Monk, Rodgers & Hart, and more, finding new places to explore throughout.

Hear a track from the new Michael Carvin Experience release each morning at 8:20 AM, another feature made possible by the members of WBGO.

In jazz radio, great announcers are distinguished by their ability to convey the spontaneity and passion of the music. Gary Walker is such an announcer, and his enthusiasm for this music greets WBGO listeners every morning on Daybreak. He's the winner of the 1996 Gavin Magazine Jazz Radio Personality of the Year Award and the recipient of the 2021 Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting from the Jazz Journalists Association. Gary hosts the morning show each weekday from 8am til noon. And, by his own admission, he's truly having a great time.