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The Art of the Story

José James is one of the headliners of the 2025 Montclair Jazz Festival

By Doug Doyle
Published September 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM EDT
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Jose James
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Jose James

On this episode of The Art of the Story, Artistic Director and 9-time Grammy Award-winning bassist and bandleader Christian McBride talks about why he's thrilled singer and guitarist José James will be performing at the 2025 Montclair Jazz Festival.

José James is also one of the many great singer's on McBride's new Big Band album Without Further Ado, Vol. 1.

Christian McBride
Evelyn Freja
Christian McBride

You can catch Doug Doyle's entire conversation with Christian McBride here.

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 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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