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On this edition of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Doug Doyle talks to trombonist and composer Clifton Anderson about his upcoming concert at The Iridium as well as the gift he got from uncle Sonny Rollins when he was seven.

Saxophonist Eric Darius: New Jersey born, New Jersey bound

WBGO's "Daybreak" host Gary Walker chats with vibraphonist Joel Ross about his latest release "Gospel Music"

Phoebe Katis is Leo Sidran's latest guest on his The Third Story podcast

WBGO's "Daybreak" host Gary Walker chats with saxophonist and composer Noah Preminger

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Brian Delp chats with Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano about his upcoming week at SMOKE Jazz Club

On this episode of The Art of the Story, trumpeter Joe Magnarelli talks with WBGO's Gary Walker about his new album "Decidedly So"

WBGO's Daybreak host Gary Walker chats with trumpeter Joe Magnarelli

Keren Ann is the latest guest on Leo Sidran's The Third Story

The push for a federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday began almost immediately after Dr. King’s assassination in April 1968, when the late Representative John Conyers introduced the first motion to make King’s birthday a federal holiday. Yet it would take another 11 years for the proposal to reach the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote in 1979. When the bill fell just five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass, it was music that helped galvanize the nation.