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WBGO Archive (2008) : Acclaimed singer Catherine Russell performed live on WBGO from J&R Music

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On this episode of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive, Catherine Russell chats with Monifa Brown at J&R music in 2008.

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Catherine Russell

In the early 2000s, WBGO brought you Saturday Afternoon Jazz from J&R Music on Park Row in lower Manhattan -- live music, once-a-month, on 88.3FM and wbgo.org.

The artists made the music, WBGO produced the broadcast, and the shoppers bought the records.

In March 2008, vocalist Catherine Russelldaughter of two well-respected New York musicians, brought her quartet to celebrate her second album, Sentimental Streak.

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.