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WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight pianist Elio Villafranca’s new album ‘Standing By the Crossroads’ on his Daybreak show.
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In a celebration of Betty Carter’s birthday on May 16, WBGO hosts, staff and friends, including noted singers and instrumentalists, recommend their favorite tracks by the influential vocalist and bandleader.
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WBGO’s Trevor Smith talks with producer and concert impresario Paul Peck about the ‘Late Night Basie’ album featuring collaborations between jazz and hip hop artists.
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In this excerpt from Ramsey Lewis’s posthumous memoir, the legendary pianist talks about how he turned the pop hit "The In Crowd" into his own jazz hit.
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‘We just want to be disrupters’: Vince Wilburn, Jr. on M.E.B.'s new album inspired by electric MilesWBGO’s Monifa Brown talks with drummer and bandleader Vince Wilburn, Jr. about the new album from M.E.B., ‘That You Not Dare to Forget,’ and the outsized influence of his uncle, Miles Davis.
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WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight Return to Casual, a new album from saxophonist Walter Smith III, on his Daybreak show.
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WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with author Stephanie Stein Crease about ‘Rhythm Man’—her biography of drummer and bandleader Chick Webb.
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WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with Catherine Russell and Paul Kahn about the unheralded legacy of pianist and bandleader Luis Russell.
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The story of Ella Fitzgerald’s remarkable debut, told in an excerpt from Stephanie Stein Crease’s “Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat That Changed America.”
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In celebration of Ella Fitzgerald’s birthday on April 25, WBGO hosts and staff recommend their favorite cuts by the legendary vocalist.