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On Tuesday, September 26, WBGO Studios launches As We Speak, a new podcast hosted by David Sanborn, who interviews major figures in the world of jazz.

On this episode of The Art of the Story, we get a preview of the next WBGO Kids jazz Concert Series

The WBGO Journal airs every Saturday morning at 6:30

The WBGO Journal airs Saturday mornings at 6:30.

WBGO film critic Harlan Jacobson reviews the best of SXSW

On Sunday, May 19, WBGO paid tribute to the life and music of our dear friend and colleague David Sanborn, with two hour-long specials.In the first episode, you can hear some of the best moments from the WBGO podcast As We Speak with David Sanborn, including conversations with Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Kurt Elling, John McLaughlin and more.

A celebration of the life and music of David Sanborn airs this weekend on WBGO

Bethany Baptist Church hosts a free screening of the jazz documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White. The film explores the life and music of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, told through rare archival footage and interviews with jazz greats including Jon Batiste, Herbie Hancock and Branford Marsalis. Jazz aficionados won’t want to miss this story of a young piano prodigy turned legendary icon, directed by Barry Avrich (Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, The Talented Mr. Rosenberg). Join us at Bethany Baptist Church, 275 W Market Street, Newark, New Jersey.

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation(LAEF) and WBGO’s Kids Jazz Concert Series present the multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band, featuring Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague and Jennifer Jade Ledesna, in a Latin jazz tribute to Louis Armstrong in association with Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture at Hostos Community College. The Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band will rhythmically retrace the African footprints of Latin jazz, from The Big Apple to the Big Easy, back to Armstrong, who lived much of his adult years in Queens, New York. On that dancing afternoon in the Bronx, they will gather together, as Armstrong would say “in the cause of happiness.” Adults must be accompanied by at least one child. Advance reservations are required.

Featuring Music from Copland House: Carol Wincenc, flute Benjamin Fingland, clarinet Curtis Macomber and Suliman Tekalli, violins Melissa Reardon, viola Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello Michael Boriskin, piano Program Joan Tower: Petroushskates Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem Pierre Jalbert: Crossings Samuel Barber: Canzone Percy Grainger: Three British Folk Songs [arr. Paul Dunkel] Aaron Copland: Sextet Ticket holders are invited to a post-performance ‘OFFBEAT/ONSTAGE’ talk with the artists. Westchester has been home to one of the richest musical legacies in America, as generations of composers found inspiration and solace here. As Aaron Copland said, ”I moved to this county to avoid the interruptions of the city; the woods, the quiet and the privacy, were essential for my creative work.” Music from Copland House’s eclectic, entertaining program journeys across 100 years of music by Westchester natives or transplants, ranging widely from Gilded Age Romanticism to mid-century Modernist and neo-Stravinskian romps, and embracing the sounds of vibrant folk songs, British fifes, and languid ballads. The concert features a trio of Pulitzer Prize winners (Aaron Copland, Joan Tower, and Samuel Barber), Old and New World masters (Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Pierre Jalbert) and one genuine, undefinable maverick (Percy Grainger). You won’t “hear” Westchester again in quite the same way again!