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Previews of the OSPAC West Orange and Pittsburgh International Jazz Festivals and a tribute to Cassandra Wilson

By Doug Doyle

Published September 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM EDT

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OSPAC West Orange Jazz Festival is Saturday, September 19

On the September 19 WBGO Journal...

We remember the life and music of vocalist and NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson who died this past week at the age of 70….

Cassandra Wilson died on September 2, 2026 at the age of 70

Host Doug Doyle chats with two of the headliners at the OSPAC Annual West Orange Jazz Festival…trumpeter Freddie Hendrix and vibraphonist Joe Locke. The festival hosted by WBGO's own Monifa Brown begins at 1pm on September 19...

Vibraphonist Joe Locke (top left) and trumpeter Freddie Hendrix (bottom) chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle

and Janis Burley Wilson joins us, the artistic director of the 16th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival…

The 16th edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival runs September 17- 20, 2026

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Doug Doyle

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.

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