An in-depth chat with April May Webb and Randall Haywood and a 'Voices of Wellness' report on youth mental health

By Doug Doyle

Published July 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM EDT

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Trumpeter Randall Haywood and singer April May Webb bring their Sounds of A & R band to Shea Center for Performing Arts on July 23

On the July 12 WBGO Journal...

WBGO's Scott Pringle begins the "Voices of Wellness" feature series with a report on how New Jersey lawmakers are looking at restricting student phone use in schools to help with distraction and combat mental health issues that experts say excessive phone use is causing youth.

There's plenty of controversy over the mental health impact of student smartphone usage

NOTE: The Voices of Wellness series is made possible in part by a grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.

Host Doug Doyle chats with trumpeter Randall Haywood and his wife and singer April May Webb. The couple bring their Sounds of A & R band to Shea Center for Performing Arts on July 23 as part of William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Room Series. April May Webb was the 2024 winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition held at NJPAC in Newark

Singer April May Webb and her husband and trumpeter Randall Haywood bring their Sounds of A & R band to WP's Summer Jazz Room Series July 23

And from the WBGO Archive, Newark native, tap dancer extraordinaire, choreographer, actor and educator Savion Glover in 2008 performs a live tribute Michael Jordan, Glover's favorite all-time NBA player. Savion was an early guest on the award-winning podcast SportsJam with Doug Doyle...

Savion Glover and Doug Doyle after a WBGO interview in 2019