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NOTE: This article below first appeared on the WBGO website in 2020. Quincy Jones died on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at the age of 91. Gary's interview with…

On this episode of The Art of the Story, we celebrate jazz trumpeter, promoter, producer and club owner Mark Morganelli

In this episode of The Art of the Story, Hazel Scott biographer Karen Chilton gives us many reasons to admire the late jazz pianist, singer and activist

On the June 21 WBGO Journal, trumpeter, composer, producer and educator Mark Morganelli talks about the 40th anniversary of his nonprofit Jazz Forum Arts

On this episode of The Art of the Story, singer, songwriter and guitarist Colin Hay recalls his early recording with Herbie Hancock

On his new album The Magic Touch, saxophonist Donald Harrison presents the same composition in ten different genres, from hard bop to hip-hop, reggae to Afrobeat, and finally blending them into what he calls “nouveau swing.”WBGO’s Pat Prescott recently spoke with Donald Harrison about how that concept came to life.

Michael Pack's scandal-tarred tenure over Voice of America and its parent agency obscures the human toll of the ideological war he waged: executives fired, staff investigated, reputations shattered.

They live in the lead-contaminated village of Kabwe, Zambia. A World Bank loan for lead cleanup offered reason for hope. A new report assesses the current situation.

The whiter the smile the more attractive the person, research finds. Both men and women say white teeth matter when choosing a mate. This may be why whitening teeth is a $3.2 billion industry.

What is it that makes the parking lot seem so sad and lost compared with the forest of trees or the field it used to be? Adam Frank finds some answers in the re-reading of a Gary Snyder book.