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Jazz historian, pianist and retired Rutgers-Newark Professor of Music Dr. Lewis Porter plans to spend more time on his own music these days.With that goal…

WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with WNYC reporter Nancy Solomon, the host and produce of the seven episode podcast "Dead End"

Television personality, pop culture commentator and adjunct professor Lisa Durden was recently fired by Essex County College after an appearance on Fox…

"Black Futures: What Seems to Be, Need Not Be" is the theme of the 40th annual Marion Thompson Wright (MTW) Lecture Series. The Clement A. Price Institute…

Singer and actress Addie Morales stars in Two River Theater's production of American Mariachi

No matter where we come from, we are all part of the same circle. We all want to dance, to get out of our heads, and tap into ourselves. When delivered by the Taj Mahal Quartet, the blues can take us there! Grammy-winning legend Taj Mahal, internationally renowned bassist Bill Rich, guitarist and lap steel master Bobby Ingano, and revered percussionist Kester Smith take the blues on a joyride through reggae, funk, jazz, cajun, and more, leaving a trail of swinging hips and raised palms in their wake.

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer and writer Melissa Errico about her special May 7 concert The Story of a Rose: A Musicial Reverie on The Great War

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with George Brown's widow Hanh Pham Brown and Curtis F. Williams about the release of Brown's Jazz in Paris

Meredith Rizzo is a visuals editor and art director on NPR's Science desk. She produces multimedia stories that illuminate science topics through visual reporting, animation, illustration, photography and video. In her time on the Science desk, she's reported from Hong Kong during the early days of the pandemic, photographed the experiences of the first patient to receive an experimental CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease and covered post-wildfire issues from Australia to California. In 2021, she worked with a team on NPR's Joy Generator, a randomized ideas machine for ways to tap into positive emotions following a year of life in the pandemic. In 2019, she photographed, reported and produced another interactive visual guide exploring how the shape and size of many common grocery store plastics affect their recyclability.

Alex Ariff has big ears. A musician first, he straddles the worlds between performance/songwriting, media production and storytelling. Alex earned his B.A in Music from Florida State University where he fell for all facets of jazz music, history, and culture. He went onto earn his M.A. in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University-Newark. It was during this time that Alex began working at WBGO, where he currently works as a producer on Jazz Night in America. Outside of WBGO, Alex enjoys lapsang souchong, bike rides, and playing with his band The Wali Sanga.