Gary Walker
Host, DayBreakIn 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.
"It's rare that I don't want to get up and come in to work in the morning. I really love this job, and I don't think everyone can say that." Walker declares with satisfaction. He's probably right in that assumption. But listeners preparing for work each morning with Gary on the radio will no doubt admit, he makes it easier to head off to work no matter how we feel about it.
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Trombonist Conrad Herwig Reimagines Chick Corea on 'The Latin Side of Chick Corea' |New Day New PlayConrad's salute to Chick gets a fresh coat of clave and a all-star cast! -
Playing It Forward: Ted Rosenthal Reinvents the Jazz Canon on 'The Good Old Days' | New Day New PlayMake no mistake, jazz is not a museum piece. But by visiting the rich history of the music, the modern creators and improvisers can capture the past and play it forward for ears to come. -
You either bring something new or risk being drowned out by history. On Another Kind of Bird, drummer and bandleader Richard Baratta does not step lightly. -
With Oracles, Helen brings it all for us to enjoy in a large setting, with original tributes to Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Jimmy Heath and Wayne Shorter, alongside engaging pianism salutes to Barry Harris, Kenny Barron and Herbie Hancock. -
A large ensemble tribute rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythm and New York history, reimagining the music of Thelonious Monk. -
Over the course of his career, pianist, composer, arranger and producer Jason Miles has worked with Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, David Sanborn, Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. But the definitive highlight for Jason was his sound-shaping work with Miles Davis - on Tutu, Amandla and Siesta. -
Ted has always preferred creating spaces where jazz can be heard up close. With that attitude in hand, he and his wife reopened an historic building in Jersey City - The Statuary, as a performance space, where this recording was captured. -
Joined by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, it's an engaging program of appealing originals, alongside regaling re-tales of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain" and the Creative Source Classic, "Can't Hide Love". -
Hear a track from Torch Bearers each weekday morning @ 8:20AM -
Enduring Sonance, Wilson’s new release from Smoke Sessions Records, shows him in the excellent company of Renee Rosnes on piano & Fender Rhodes, vibraphonist Joe Locke, bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Kendrick Scott, and special guest Kevin Newton on french horn.
