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  • On this episode of AOS, we pay tribute to the life of 6-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist David Sanborn who died May 12 at age 78
  • A flagship music festival for Downtown Jamaica, Queens – “home of jazz.” The Jamaica Downtown Jazz Festival aims to celebrate the rich jazz heritage rooted in Southeast Queens and promotes generations of talents who hail from diverse cultures residing in this community today. This weekend-long music marathon features some of the most prominent names in jazz along with emerging musicians. Full Lineup Saturday 12pm - Birsa Chatterjee Quartet 2pm - Johnathan Blake Quartet 4pm - Yosvany Terry 6pm - Roy Hargrove Legacy Big Band Sunday 12pm - Gabriel Chakarji 2pm - Jaleel Shaw Quartet 4pm - Caroline Davis 6pm - Jeff “Tain” Watts
  • On this episode of The Art of the Story, we get a preview of the new documentary "CLEMENTE" from filmmaker David Altrogge
  • The U.S. Capitol police union has said their leadership failed to protect them on January 6. The union wants acting Chief Yogananda Pittman and a half-dozen other officers to be held accountable.
  • The Garden State, with no statewide rent control, fell one notch, from 6th to 7th least affordable
  • Voting continues Wednesday for you to decide the top political story of the year. After the first round of voting, there are 32 stories left with some big match ups ahead.
  • A new collaborative study has revealed what Newark residents feel they need the most. WBGO Community Engagement Reporter Brit Harley chats with Vanessa…
  • Two-time AUDL (American Ultimate Disc League) MVP Ben Jagt leads the New York Empire to another championship and an undefeated season. Jagt (pronounced yaught) joins WBGO Studios podcast SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about the championship and his superstar career.
  • Mark Morris has been hailed as the “most successful and influential choreographer alive and indisputably the most musical” (The New York Times). Since founding Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) in 1980, Morris has created close to 150 works for the company, many of which are widely considered masterpieces. Morris has established himself as someone who “easily ranks among the top five living American choreographers… and has already carved a major place for himself in the history of modern dance” (The Denver Post). The MMDG will present an entire evening of dance. Program to be announced. ABOUT THE COMPANY The mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group is to develop, promote, and sustain dance, music, and opera productions by Mark Morris and to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community. Founded in New York in 1980, the internationally-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) has been called “the preeminent modern dance organization of our time” (Yo- Yo Ma). After spending three years residing in Brussels’ Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie as Belgium’s national dance company, MMDG returned to the United States in 1991. MMDG has received “highest praise for their technical aplomb, their musicality, and their sheer human authenticity” (Bloomberg News). The Dance Group is distinguished as the only modern dance company with a commitment to live music at every performance, founding the MMDG Music Ensemble in 1996. In addition to the ensemble, MMDG regularly collaborates with eminent musicians across many genres.
  • Recently featured in NPR Morning Edition & Spotify's "Best Jazz of 2021", saxophonist Mike Casey & his Trio is an experience to behold. The absence of guitar/piano allows the band a rare sound: earthy, yet mysterious - incorporating ingredients of funk, R&B, hip hop & music from around the world into their own definition of jazz fusion. This trio demands the audiences’ attention – whether bringing down the house with story based originals or captivating listeners with genre-bending re-imaginations of songs by Soundgarden, Queen, Daniel Caesar & even Jay-Z. In 2020, the band was 1 of 5 international finalists in the largest ensemble based competition in jazz - the DC Jazz Festival’s “DC Jazz Prix”, and has played notable stages such as the Kennedy Center, BRIC Jazz Fest, Yale, Side Door Jazz Club, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and some of Europe's top jazz venues such as Jamboree, Le Jam, Auditori Nacional, Ool Ya Kool Jazz, and Jimmy Glass. Garnering over 15 million plays worldwide, Mike & his trio have had overwhelming support from WBGO, The Huffington Post, BBC, NPR, Forbes, Music Ally, Downbeat, Jazziz, JazzTimes, as the cover of Spotify’s “State of Jazz”, Worldwide FM, NTS, Dublab, Jazz FM, Jazz in Europe, Radio Primavera Sound, Sirius XM, on jazz icon Sonny Rollins’s social media (the pioneer of the sax/bass/drums format) **General Admission Seated** *There is a two drink minimum per show*
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