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Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with archived interviews with Lady Gaga, Maria Schnieider and Mercedes Ellington

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

On the April 11 WBGO Journal...

We celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month by first going to the WBGO Archives for a 2014 conversation between the late WBGO host Michael Bourne and superstar performer Lady Gaga……

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
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Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

WBGO’s Daybreak host Gary Walker interviewed his long-time friend and Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer and bandleader Maria Schneider last year in advance of the 30th anniversary of the Maria Schneider Orchestra….

Maria Schneider chats with WBGO's Gary Walker
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Maria Schneider chats with WBGO's Gary Walker

Host Doug Doyle chats with dancer, choreographer and producer Mercedes Ellington about her legendary grandfather Duke

Mercedes Ellington and Tony Waag at the Duke Ellington 125th Birthday celebration
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Mercedes Ellington and Tony Waag at the Duke Ellington 125th Birthday celebration

And WBGO’s Jon Kalish tells us about some talented violinists who met in Brooklyn’s improvised music scene…

Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy
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Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 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.