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  • A week after Kendrick Lamar's new album, GNX, was surprise released, it proved to be a chart phenomenon, debuting at No. 1 on the album chart and claiming the Top 5 spots on the singles chart.
  • You’ve seen him nightly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, now catch him live in Brooklyn!

    Louis Fouché has steadily established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile saxophonists in the world. He is the saxophonist with Jon Batiste & Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and he has spent more than a decade performing with 10-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri.

    Fouché has toured on 6 continents and over 30 countries, and he'll be making his Bar LunÀtico debut as a bandleader on Friday, July 15.

    Sets at 9pm and 10:30pm. You won't want to miss this!

    Lineup:
    Louis Fouché (alto sax)
    Romain Collin (piano)
    Luques Curtis (bass)
    John Davis (drums)
  • On the September 6 WBGO Journal, we get a preview of the 2025 Montclair jazz Festival and an in-depth chat with singer and actor Keith David
  • The Berkeley College Men's Basketball team in New York City won 53 games in a row to claim it's third consecutive USCAA Division 2 Championship. Berkeley…
  • Jené Elzie is the Chief Growth Officer for Athletes First Partners and has more than two decades of experience as a global sports and entertainment…
  • A decades-old British institution is on its way out. The BBC says it will retire the show Top of the Pops. The program lost its allure as THE place for rock bands to be seen.
  • “Unlike some bassists who are content to compose and remain mostly as a vital cog of the rhythm section, Reed does that but also manages to solo on almost every piece. He has a lyrical touch but can swing too.” - Jim Hynes, Making a Scene Music Magazine, July 29, 2020 Sean Jones, trumpet Todd Marcus, bass clarinet Jonathan Epley, guitar Eric Kennedy, drums Jeff Reed, bass Jeff Reed is an acoustic bassist, electric bassist, composer, and educator residing in Baltimore, MD. One of the most in-demand sidemen in the area, Jeff has performed extensively throughout the United States and throughout the world. As a sideman, Reed frequently works with bass vibraphonist Warren Wolf, trumpeter Sean Jones, and bass clarinetist Todd Marcus. Jeff has also performed with a slew of musicians over the years including Gary Thomas, Miguel Zenon, David Sanchez, Dave Kikoski, Dave Liebmann, Tom Scott, Jeff Coffin, Bennie Maupin, Kirk Whalum, Take 6, and Tom Morello to name a few. Reed has also been recorded on over fifty full-length albums. Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through May 28
  • This week on the charts, only one new album debuts in the top 50: Alter Ego by LISA of the K-pop group BLACKPINK and the latest season of White Lotus.
  • A drummer and educator, Buddy Deppenschmidt co-conceived Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's landmark album Jazz Samba.
  • WBGO News Director Doug Doyle is the host of this extended one hour edition of the WBGO Journal
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