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A look back at features, profiles, interviews and performances from wbgo.org during 2022
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WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with author Aidan Levy about Saxophone Colossus, his biography of jazz tenor titan Sonny Rollins
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To state the obvious, this was a year like no other.For many of us, 2020 was a heartbreaker, a marathon slog, a stress engine — or all of the above. At…
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“It really was a paradisical place to be, the jazz club.” That relatably wistful sentiment is uttered by saxophonist Sonny Rollins at one point in a…
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In search of holiday inspiration? WBGO has you covered.As we round the final lap of a uniquely trying year, music is more of a comfort than ever. And even…
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In Take Five, hear one sterling track for each decade of Sonny’s monumental career.What that means, of course, is that we’re spotlighting a total of seven…
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We know it can be hard to shop for the jazz fan in your life. Especially in this day and age — when so much of our music arrives in digital form, or…
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In honor of Labor Day, we've rounded up music by five important jazz artists born this week in history, within several days of the holiday.
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One of the greatest jazz albums ever made was recorded 60 years ago today. It's A Night at the Village Vanguard, a live date by saxophonist Sonny Rollins,…
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87-year-old saxophone legend Sonny Rollins donated what’s essentially his life’s work in handwritten papers, documents, video’s and records to the…