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Wayne Shorter Week: This Sunday 'Singers Unlimited' features the music of Newark's legendary saxophonist and composer

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Wayne Shorter at the Newport Jazz Festival
Jonathan Chimene
Wayne Shorter at the Newport Jazz Festival

On this episode of The Art of the Story, legendary singer and "Singers Unlimited" co-host Janis Siegel talks about the impact of Wayne Shorter's music.

Wayne Shorter at the Newport Jazz Festival
Jonathan Chimene
Wayne Shorter at the Newport Jazz Festival

Singers Unlimited, hosted by Siegel (of The Manhattan Transfer fame) and singer and WBGO announcer Lezlie Harrison, will pay tribute to the "Newark Flash" this Sunday from 8am-10am on 88.3 FM and wbgo.org.

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Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner and an eighteen-time Grammy nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s diverse musical catalog. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely-crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects, amassed a large international fan base and garnered consistently high critical praise.