Jazz Appreciation Month

Music from CalArts is featured during WBGO's Jazz Appreciation Month 2025

On this episode of AOS, LaGuardia HS Jazz Orchestra band director Kevin Blancq and student Deanna Sherman talk about their trip to Denmark

On this episode of AOS, The weeklong free exhibition “TONY BENNETT: A LIFE WELL LIVED,” is at Jazz at Lincoln Center

On this episode of AOS, members of NYU's Wayne Shorter Jazz Ensemble talk about the influence of Shorter and WBGO

NYU’s Wayne Shorter Ensemble, directed by professor and noted saxophonist Dave Pietro, performed in the WBGO Studios in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month.

CUNY’s BMCC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Quentin Angus and Professor Can Olgun, performed in the WBGO Studios in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month.

A special live performance by the Dave Stryker Jazz Combo, featuring students from the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, perform in WBGO Studios

Watch the centerpiece event of International Jazz Day right here, on April 30 at 5 p.m. EDT.

WBGO's Jazz Appreciation Month celebration concludes with music from the jazz programs at Juilliard, City College of New York, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY Purchase and Siena Jazz University.

As part of our ongoing celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, WBGO features student ensembles, including the Hugh Masekela Concert Band at the Manhattan School of Music.