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Interviews with Herbie Hancock, Dan Pugach, Maysa and Howie Alexander

Herbie Hancock at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2019
Jonathan Chimene
Herbie Hancock at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2019

On the September 28 one-hour special edition of the WBGO Journal...

We celebrate Master pianist, band leader and composer Herbie Hancock in advance of his performance at NJPAC. We go to the WBGO Archive to hear a 2003 conversation between Herbie and WBGO's late announcer Michael Bourne..

Herbie Hancock performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival
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Monterey Jazz Festival
Herbie Hancock performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival

Drummer and composer Dan Pugach’s new Big Band Album Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence’s release party is this coming Tuesday at DROM in Manhattan…

The new Dan Pugach Big Band album
Outside in Music/Dan Pugach
The new Dan Pugach Big Band album

Host Doug Doyle chast with two of the artists who performed at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival…singer Maysa and pianist and educator Howie Alexander...

Maysa performs "Flashlight" to the delight of the crowd at AWAACC on Friday night to open the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
David Roth
Maysa performs "Flashlight" to the delight of the crowd at AWAACC on Friday night to open the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

And WBGO's commentator Mildred Antenor gets us thinking about how racism is affecting our mental health..

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.