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An in-depth chat with Branford Marsalis and a recap of Jazz Congress 2025

By Doug Doyle
Published January 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM EST
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Branford Marsalis performing at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival
Jonathan Chimene
Branford Marsalis performing at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival

On the January 11 WBGO Journal...

WBGO's Dave Popkin takes us to Jazz at Lincoln Center for Jazz Congress 2025...

The 2025 Jazz Congress has a great lineup of performances and panel discussions
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The 2025 Jazz Congress has a great lineup of performances and panel discussions

and host Doug Doyle chats with NEA Jazz Master and three-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis about a special Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event at KCA in Flushing...

The Branford Marsalis Quartet
C/O of the artists/Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The Branford Marsalis Quartet

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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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