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On this December 17 edition of the WBGO Journal, Tony Award winner and trailblazing actress and singer Melba Moore talks about growing up in a music family, her days at Arts High School in Newark, the upcoming star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and her new album "Imagine"

The Great Wealth Divide, from WBGO Studios, is focused on solutions to the systemic racism which has created the extreme wealth divide between Black and Latinx communities and their white counterparts. We’ll be discussing these issues with thought leaders who are stakeholders engaged in the work to build racial economic equity and wealth in order to create better outcomes for Black and Latinx families.

David Sanborn sits down with jazz legend Sonny Rollins for part 2 of this rare interview. Sonny talks about a trip to India that changed his life, late night dinners with David and his bandmates and more.

Don Was is a producer, bassist, and record label president. He sits down with David Sanborn and shares stories about his start in Detroit, his philosophy as a producer, and much, much more.

On this episode of AOS, author and history teacher David Hanna shares his love of jazz in his new book History Nation

On this edition of The Art of the Story, Kamilah Forbes talks about Amateur Night at the Apollo open auditions at American Dream on Nov. 15

On this edition of The Art of the Story, Renee Rosnes talks about latest album Crossing Paths which will be released on Smoke Sessions Records on December 6

On this episode of The Art of the Story, jazz and R & B drummer and composer Norman Connors talks about working with legendary singer Phyllis Hyman

Katie Simon is the Senior Producer for Jazz Night in America, a multi-media, nationally syndicated program produced by WBGO, NPR Music and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Corey fell in love with jazz by the time he got to track 2 on his first listen of Miles Ahead. He engineers WBGO’s live in-studio performances and off site events, produces on-air spots and long form programming, and coordinates the daily log of promotional and underwriting announcements. His audio production, writing, and voice-over work have earned two New Jersey Broadcasters Association awards. Corey is a graduate of Rutgers University’s Jazz History and Research M.A. program.