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The Art of the Story

WBGO Archive (2003): Phoebe Jacobs chats with WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton about the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation

By Doug Doyle
Published June 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM EDT
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Phoebe Jacobs and Mercedes Ellington
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Phoebe Jacobs and Mercedes Ellington

On this edition of The Art of the Story from the WBGO archive, we celebrate Phoebe Jacobs, the late jazz promoter and Executive Vice President of the Louis Armstrong Foundation.

The episode focuses on the 2003 WBGO Archive conversation between WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton and the Phoebe Jacobs on the legacy of Louis Armstrong.

Phoebe Jacobs died in 2012.

NOTE: Thanks to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and WBGO Archive Director Becca Pulliam.Tags

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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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