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Metal superstar Robert Trujillo never spoke with the late Jaco Pastorius. But Trujillo is funding a film and a new compilation of demo recordings from his personal bass guitar hero.

Dan Ouellette is a New York-based writer, author, journalist, editor, curator, and speaker with an expertise in jazz music as well as “beyond jazz” music including significant archival interviews with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Elvis Costello, John Lee Hooker, David Byrne, Esperanza Spalding, Joni Mitchell and others.

Saxophonist and educator Mark Gross talks about NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens program that runs from Jan. 28 until May 13

Howard Johnson, an American jazz musician known for his mastery of tuba and baritone saxophone, has died at age 79. NPR remembers his life and legacy.

A bomb cyclone is storming the East Coast, leaving close to 100,000 without power as of Sunday night Blizzard conditions in New England are dropping 2 feet of snow in some areas.

In jazz radio, great announcers are distinguished by their ability to convey the spontaneity and passion of the music. Gary Walker is such an announcer, and his enthusiasm for this music greets WBGO listeners every morning on Daybreak. He's the winner of the 1996 Gavin Magazine Jazz Radio Personality of the Year Award and the recipient of the 2021 Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting from the Jazz Journalists Association. Gary hosts the morning show each weekday from 8am til noon. And, by his own admission, he's truly having a great time.

On this episode of The Art of the Story, Leo Sidran talks to Arturo Sandoval about his return to 92NY

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Leo Sidran has the story of singer Roxana Amed

On the July 12 WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle chats with singer April May Webb and trumpeter Randall Haywood and Scott Pringle reports on the youth mental health impacts of smartphone usage

On this episode of The Art of the Story, Leo Sidran talks about Michael League's Blue Note residency