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WBGO Journal Podcast

Tributes to several jazz legends and a trip to the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City

By Doug Doyle

Published January 7, 2024 at 8:06 AM EST

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Sequined stage gown, eyeglasses, and other ephemera from life of Ella Fitzgerald are on display at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City

On the January 6, 2024 WBGO Journal..

WBGO’s Dave Popkin takes us on a guided tour of the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City…..

Charlie Parker’s Grafton alto saxophone played at the famous Jazz at Massey Hall show in 1953 in Toronto.

We pay tribute to the legendary pianist Les McCann who passed late last month….

Host Doug Doyle chats with musicians and vocalists Jay Leonhart and Daryl Sherman about a special New Jersey Jazz Society concert…paying tribute to the School House Rock! greats Bob Dorough, Blossom Dearie, and Dave Frishberg….

The tribute concert is set for January 7 at 3pm at the Madison Community Arts Center

And we hear why Paula Abreu loves her job at McCarter Theater Center.

Paula Abreu is the director of special programming at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton

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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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