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WBGO Journal Podcast

The release of the late Coleman Mellett's 'Sing You a Brand New Song' and the unclear future of the Sundance Dance Film Festival

By Doug Doyle
Published February 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM EST
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Coleman Mellett's Sing You a Brand New Song is available on February 12, 2025
Jeanie Bryson
Coleman Mellett's Sing You a Brand New Song is available on February 12, 2025

On the February 8 WBGO Journal...

We’ll have recaps the first Democratic and Republican gubernatorial debates in New Jersey. Both were held at Rider University.

We’ll learn about a new album from the late jazz guitarist Coleman Mellett, a member of Chuck Mangione's band who died in a plane crash on February 12, 2009. Sixteen years later, Mellett's Sing You a Brand New Song is being released.

Mellett's widow Jeanie Bryson, renowned New Jersey singer, joins us along with album co-producer Barry Miles. The award-winning documentary about the project was released in 2019.

Coleman Mellett and Jeanie Bryson
Jeanie Bryson
Coleman Mellett and Jeanie Bryson

And WBGO's film critic Harlan Jacobson will have the latest on the Sundance Film Festival….

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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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