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Eddie Palmieri's Big Band was up in Harlem, performing his Harlem River Drive Suite. The bass player is Luquez Curtis, who played with Eddie for many years and was close to him.

A tribute to the late great NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri and an in-depth chat with Lizz Wright

On the August 9 WBGO Journal, we pay tribute to the late great Eddie Palmieri and host Doug Doyle chats with singer Lizz Wright

Jonathan Tetelman and Bernie Williams headline a special concert at Carnegie Hall on January 13, 2026

Bernie Williams, Jonathan Tetelman and Katia Lindor to perform at special opera, jazz and sports event at Carnegie Hall

New York Yankees legend and jazz guitarist Bernie Williams and violinist Katia Lindor are part of a special night of jazz, opera and sports at Carnegie Hall on January 13

Derrick Slaughter attends a July 14, 2017, march through the streets of Norwalk, Ohio, against the epidemic of heroin, with his grandmother (not shown). Both of Derrick's parents are heroin addicts and he is now being raised by his grandparents.

Poll: Rural Americans Rattled By Opioid Epidemic; Many Want Government Help

A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds opioid abuse a top issue for rural Americans.

Laying Down the Law with NYC's Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter

Recently when Mayor Bill de Blasio was asked by reporters how he planned to defend the city’s law abiding undocumented immigrants from President Trump he…

WBGO Film Critic Harlan Jacobson has an "Elvis" sighting at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

WBGO Film Critic Harlan Jacobson reports from the 75th Cannes Film Festival and reviews Elvis and Armageddon Time

Singer-songwriter Curtis Stigers celebrates more than three decades of performing

Singer-songwriter Curtis Stigers chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about his latest album and his upcoming gig at City Winery NYC

The late George Brown's 'Jazz in Paris' brings together the magical influences of Miles Davis and Kool & The Gang

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

The Heavy Hitters featured on WBGO’s New Day, New Play February 6-10

WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight The Heavy Hitters, a new album from Mike LeDonne, Eric Alexander, Jeremy Pelt, Vincent, Herring, Peter Washington and Kenny Washington on his Daybreak show.

'Dreamgirls,' 'Babel' Top Oscar Nominees

Dreamgirls is nominated for eight Academy Awards, but not for Best Picture. Babel, which is among five nominees for the top film, earns seven nominations.

A U.S. Secret Service agent stands by as Marine One departs with President Biden aboard as he departs the White House in September 2021.

Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.

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