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WBGO’s Lee Mergner recommends jazz tracks tied to the Fourth of July holiday.
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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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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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In celebration of Ella Fitzgerald’s birthday on April 25, WBGO hosts and staff recommend their favorite cuts by the legendary vocalist.
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Noted author and raconteur Fran Lebowitz talks with WBGO’s Doug Doyle about jazz, COVID, Martin Scorcese, Charles Mingus and more
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New York Choral Society music director David Hayes chats with WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle about the upcoming Duke Ellington's "Sacred Concerts" event on November 18 and 19 at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School College of Performing Arts
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A preview of the Trenton mayoral race and New York Choral Society's upcoming performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts, a look at the 60th NYFF and the fight to take down controversial historical murals
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Their Duke Ellington repertory concert was an early casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Two years later, Marcus Roberts and the American Symphony Orchestra are finally presenting Duke's music, with some new lessons.
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“Now you has jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz!”Bing Crosby warbles that exuberant line in a https://youtu.be/6RNlyTyDguI" target="_blank">showpiece number for…
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