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NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble shares the music of a Newark legend

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NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble
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NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble

On this episode of AOS, NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble members Ryoma Takenaga (electric & acoustic bass and second-year-undergraduate from New Providence, NJ) and Arnie Sainz Co (piano & keyboard and second-year graduate from Hercules, CA) share their appreciation for Shorter and WBGO.

As part of Jazz Appreciation month, NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble and its longtime Director of Jazz Studies at NYU, Dave Pietro, came to visit and record a performance at WBGO Studios.

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.