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On the January 13 edition of the WBGO Journal, two Max Roach Centennial events in Newark and the historic vote by the Newark City Council

On the June 20 WBGO Journal, producer Danny Melnick previews the 49th Saratoga Jazz Festival and we take you to the parade for NBA Champion Knicks

WBGO's Jon Kalish takes us to a small Jewish community in Finland

Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and educator who specializes in jazz, Brazilian, and creative contemporary music. Aubrey teaches in the jazz programs at Montclair University, Queens College, and in the voice department at Berklee College of Music. She has performed and/or recorded with Lyle Mays, Fred Hersch, Billy Childs, Jimmy Cobb, Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), Randy Brecker, John Zorn’s Mycale Vocal Quartet, among many others. Among the 40+ albums Aubrey has contributed to as a side-person are Bobby McFerrin’s 2010 Grammy-nominated release VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O'Farrill's 2020 Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ 2021 Grammy Award- winning recording Eberhard. Her performing and teaching has taken her throughout the US and Canada and to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Aubrey’s debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby of the Pat Metheny Group, was released on Outside In Music in March of 2020. A follow-up record, Play Favorites, duo with Randy Ingram, is due out in November 2022.

Two sets - 12:30pm + 2:30pm.

Calvin Johnson is a saxophonist and composer from a multi-generational New Orleans music family who loves to spread the exuberance of New Orleans music around the world with his band Calvin Johnson & Native Son. A trendsetter and student of history, Johnson performs in the space between Funk, R&B, and popular music while staying true to his jazz roots. Downbeat Magazine called his latest album, Notes of a Native Son, one of the Best Albums of 2022. It's no wonder Johnson has performed with the greats, including Irma Thomas, Harry Connick Jr., Aaron Neville, Jason Derulo, Blind Boys of Alabama, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mannie Fresh, Mystikal, Irvin Mayfield, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. With a transcendent saxophone sound encompassing the traditional and the modern, Johnson's shows are must-see. Learn more about Calvin Johnson on his website at nativesonmusic.com.

• Two sets: 12:30pm and 2:30pm (Doors open one hour before show time)
• There is a $20 Minimum Per Person
• All seating is first come, first served
• Table Seating is all ages, Bar Area is 21+. Bar Area tickets for patrons under 21 will not be honored

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NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and bandleader Branford Marsalis chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about his upcoming performance at KCA in Queens

On the May 10 WBGO Journal, we preview the State of the People Power Tour stop in Newark and the 78th Cannes Film Festival

On the February 18 edition of the WBGO Journal, we get an update on the Harriet Tubman monument in Newark, a new perspective on family docs and Rebecca Martínez talks about directing Living & Breathing at Two River Theater

On this edition of the WBGO Journal, a documentary tribute to the late music producer Tony Camillo and a new film about the Ukrainian Robin Hood