WBGO Exhibits the Photography of Chuck Stewart

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MARCH/APRIL 2016
UPBEAT | WBGO
Program Guide
Jazz 88.3 FM
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WBGO Exhibits the
Photography of Chuck Stewart
in the
GALLERY
THE JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY OF CHUCK STEWART
GALLERY RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
huck Stewart has been an eyewitness to 20th century American social, cultural and musical history. He photographed over 2,000 album covers for record labels large and small
including Mercury, Argo, Impulse, Chess, Atlantic, Columbia Records and more.
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On his website, Stewart describes his work, “In my portraits and improvisational shots, I’ve tried
to unveil the soul of the artists I photographed and communicate the essence of their craft. That’s
why they trusted me: James Brown, John Coltrane, Candido, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Judy
Garland, Billie Holiday, Quincy Jones, Machito, Max Roach, Frank Sinatra, and many more. You
know their names, but few people have known and photographed them as I have. My pictures and
I have many stories to tell.”
His striking black and white photographs of iconic jazz artists line the walls of the WBGO Gallery
through March 31. A gallery reception celebrating this extraordinary exhibit takes place Thursday,
March 24, 6-8PM at WBGO, 54 Park Place in Newark.
The next Newark Public Radio, Inc. Board of Trustees
meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 4, 2016, 6:00 PM
at WBGO, 54 Park PL, Newark, NJ 07102. The meeting is
open to the public.
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WBGO
Brings Jazz
to Young Audiences
Benny
Benack III
or over 20 years, WBGO’s Kids Jazz
Concert Series has entertained
young people and their families as
they discover “America’s classical
music”—jazz.
The WBGO Spring Kids Jazz Concert
Series, which begins April 2 and coincides
with Jazz Appreciation Month, brings
world-renowned jazz musicians to concert
halls and venues throughout Essex
County, New Jersey.
Each of the five interactive, hour-long
programs gives young listeners the chance
to discover the enjoyment of jazz, improvisation, and musical collaboration.
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Camille
Thurman
Brianna
Thomas
Listeners get insight into jazz history, and
how this music is rooted in our area.
The Agnes Varis Charitable Trust shares
WBGO’s commitment to give our local
community access to the arts. Thanks to
their generosity, we can provide free transportation funding to schools and nonprofit
youth groups that want to attend. Please
email [email protected] to find out more.
All concerts are free and begin at
12:30pm. Doors open at noon, and adults
must be accompanied by a child.
We hope you’ll join us if you’re nearby.
For more information please visit
www.wbgo.org/kids.
April 2
Benny Benack III & The Benny Benack Band
at Newark Symphony Hall
April 9
Brianna Thomas & The Jazz Travelers
at Newark Museum
April 16 Camille Thurman & The Darrell Green Trio
at Livingston Public Library (Livingston, NJ)
April 23 Don Braden at NJPAC Victoria Theater
Don
Braden
April 30 Winard Harper & Jeli Posse
at Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ)
Winard
Harper
Lead Support for the WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series comes from:
Agnes Varis Charitable Trust
Supporting Affordable Access to the Arts, Education, and Healthcare
With Major Support from:
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And Additional Support from:
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focus of Newark Stories will be cultural
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drawing from the memories of everyday
Newarkers past and present, we will reach
back through past generations, reflect the
present and imagine the future, too. With
audio profiles and intimate interviews with
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Cover Photo: Sarah Vaughan,1958, by Chuck Stewart
* Program Schedule Subject to Change.
programs at a glance
programguide
March/April 2016
SUNDAYS
6:00AM SUNDAY MORNING HARMONY
with Dan Karcher
10:00AM SINGERS UNLIMITED
with Michael Bourne
Singers Unlimited is four hours of new and
classic singers singing ballads and bossas,
blues and be-bop. For more than 25 years,
WBGO’s Michael Bourne has turned the spotlight on jazz vocalists with live in-studio performances, interviews and more.
March 6 Songs of Kurt Weill
This edition of Singers Unlimited will include
the annual “Mack Attack”—umpteen very
different recordings of “Mack the Knife,” and
then some.
March 6
Geert Vandepoele/Wikimedia
JAZZ NIGHT
Celebrating Ornette Coleman
Jazz Night in America digs back into
the archives to pay tribute to Ornette
Coleman on what would have been his
86th birthday. Longtime Coleman collaborator, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman,
joined Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra as they celebrated Ornette Coleman in a concert in 2004.
The music hasn’t been heard since.
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March 13 Celebrating the Birth of Several
Jazz Men plus a Fair Lady
A birthday-go-round with Bobby McFerrin,
Al Jarreau, Mark Murphy, Roy Haynes, Quincy
Jones, Nat Cole, “My Fair Lady,” and more.
March 20 Sondheim Plus
Songs of Stephen Sondheim, Dave Frishberg,
the 90th birthday of Bill Henderson, plus
more great music.
March 28 Hometown Heroes
This edition of Singers Unlimited celebrates
the songs of two jazz icons with roots in
WBGO’s hometown of Newark: Sarah
Vaughan and James Moody. Other highlights
include The King and I, Oklahoma and more.
6:00PM JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
Re-broadcasts on Wednesdays at 6:30PM.
March 6 Celebrating Ornette Coleman
See sidebar.
March 13 Panama
Jazz and Panama may not have an obvious
relationship, yet this tiny country between
the Americas and giant oceans, has given us
some of its finest musicians dating back to
Luis Russell, around the time of construction
of the great Canal itself. Today, no one person
is doing more to underscore this connection
than Danilo Perez, renowned pianist, educator, and the country’s official Cultural
Ambassador. We take you to his Panama
Jazz Festival, the grand vehicle behind his
greater mission of introducing underserved
kids to music and inspiring greater social
change in his developing nation.
March 20 Celebrating Betty Carter
We hear stories from alumni of “the school
of Betty Carter,” an esteemed collection of
singers bound together by the thrall of
Carter’s titanic influence on jazz. One of the
most powerful voices in the American musical tradition, her lasting legacy is celebrated
by vocalist Charenee Wade along with many
past members of Carter’s band through
the years.
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All programs subject to change.
March 27 The Goodman Band
The story of jazz’s first popular integrated
band—a decade before Jackie Robinson
integrated baseball—is told by scriptwriter
and seven-time Emmy Award®-winner
Geoffrey Ward (Ken Burns’ Jazz), narrated
live by host Wendell Pierce (HBO’s Treme and
The Wire), and performed by a rising star
ensemble of pianist Christian Sands (in the
role of Teddy Wilson), drummer Sammy Miller
(Gene Krupa), 20-year-old vibraphone sensation Joel Ross (Lionel Hampton), and a host
of special guest clarinetists. Peter Anderson,
Will Anderson, Patrick Bartley, and Janelle
Reichman each take a turn representing the
unparalleled voice of Benny Goodman. These
unique and informative performances will
feature live music and spoken word as
informative, inspiring, and emotionally
stirring joint crafts as they channel the
“King of Swing” and tell the story of his
groundbreaking band.
April 3 Carlos Henriquez
See sidebar.
April 10 TBD
April 17 Ali Jackson
Be-bop pioneer, drum innovator, social
activist, teacher, and so much more, Max
Roach blazed a path for jazz that burns
brightest today in his former student Ali
Jackson. Jackson—himself a multi-hyphenate as percussion wizard, composer, and
arranger—studied under Roach after meeting him at twelve. Many years later, Jackson
pays tribute to his mentor with an all-star
ensemble. This exclusive one-night celebration of Roach was captured by Jazz Night
in America.
April 24 Jymie Merritt
By all accounts, Jymie Merritt had already
left his mark on the music before he returned
to his hometown of Philadelphia in the early
1960s. Touring stints with Art Blakey, B.B.
King and Max Roach assure him a foothold
on music history. But there’s an enormous
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side to his story yet untold, in part because
illness prevented him from ever telling it —
how he developed a unique compositional
methodology and anchored the Philly jazz
community for years with a group called The
Forerunners. Now that Jymie is 90, his son
Mike Merritt has taken it upon himself to resurrect this music—the music that would ultimately lead him to become a professional
bassist himself with the Conan O’Brien
band— and put the band back together.
They assemble at World Cafe Live in a
show recorded for Jazz Night in America.
7:00PM SUNDAY NIGHT MUSIC MIX
Grammy® nominated record producer Eulis
Cathey plays an eclectic mixture of jazz, conJAZZ NIGHT
April 3
Carlos Henriquez
With 2015’s The Bronx Pyramid, Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra bassist Carlos
Henriquez made his recording debut as
a leader and it solidified the Bronx-born,
Nuyorican bassist’s emergence as a fullyfledged Latin jazz master. Across 11
songs, Henriquez expertly blends modern
jazz with Latin rhythms, demonstrating
why he’s been performing with greats like
Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Celia Cruz
since he was fourteen. Combining two
beautiful traditions, Henriquez and his allstar band offer an infectious set of music
that will move fans of either genre.
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temporary jazz, fusion, jazz/funk, Latin, classic R&B and so much more. From Grover
Washington, Jr. to Weather Report; from
James Brown to Eddie Palmieri; from Charles
Earland to Incognito, the Sunday Night Music
Mix has something for everyone.
11:00PM THE CHECKOUT
Re-broadcast of previous Tuesday’s Program.
MONDAYS
6:30PM LATINO USA with Maria Hinojosa
Multi award-winning Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only nationally
distributed English-language radio program
produced from a Latino perspective. This program covers the social, cultural and political
issues facing today’s Latino community.
Maria Hinojosa, host of Latino USA, is also
urban affairs correspondent for CNN and a
former NPR News reporter. In addition to being
a broadcaster, Hinojosa is an author, and a
frequent lecturer on college campuses. She
has received the Robert F. Kennedy Award,
an Associated Press award and the National
Council of La Raza’s 1999 Ruben Salazar
Award.
7:30PM THE BEST OF ONE ON ONE
with Steve Adubato
One-on-One with Steve Adubato features
conversations with the region’s most compelling personalities. Guests include television personalities, CEOs, artists, healthcare
trailblazers, educational innovators and more.
Emmy Award® winner, Steve Adubato, PhD,
combines wide-ranging knowledge, a penetrating and inquisitive style and the appreciation for amiable conversation throughout the
program. Steve asks questions that inspire
the guests to talk beyond their expected
route in a manner rarely seen on televised
talk shows.
March 7 Newark at a Crossroads:
History & Heritage of the
St. Gerard’s Feast
Steve Adubato goes on location to look at the
rich heritage of Newark’s St. Gerard Feast
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and its impact on generations of many New
Jersey families.
March 14 Celebrating Sinatra
Steve Adubato celebrates the 100th birthday
of Ol’ Blue Eyes, with Sinatra experts who
know him best. Guests include authors
James Kaplan, Charles Granata, Robert
Foster from the Hoboken Historical Museum
as well as reflections from top artists such as
Jane Monheit to Bucky Pizzarelli on Sinatra’s
influence.
March 21 John Schreiber/Jim Jack/
Wayne Winborne
In this Newark at a Crossroads segment,
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with NJPAC
President & CEO, John Schreiber, to discuss
what’s in store for this season at the Arts
Center, and redevelopment around the Arts
Center to attract more patrons to their worldclass venue.
George Street Playhouse’s Director of
Education and Outreach, Jim Jack, discusses
the success of the musical comedy Austin
the Unstoppable, which teaches parents and
children a bigger message about making
smart choices when it comes to their health
and wellness.
The Institute of Jazz Studies at RutgersNewark is one of the most comprehensive
libraries of jazz in the world. In this Newark
at a Crossroads segment, Steve Adubato
interviews the Institute’s new Executive
Director, Wayne Winborne, about the
Institute’s collection which will surely strike
a high note with jazz enthusiasts.
March 28 Tariq Trotter/Beth Stern
Each weeknight, Tariq Trotter fronts The
Roots, the house band for The Tonight Show
with Jimmy Fallon. Steve Adubato goes Oneon-One with Trotter, who gives insight into
his working with Fallon and The Roots every
night, his career a solo rap artist as well as
his nonprofit that promotes the health of
women and girls.
New York Times bestselling author Beth
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Stern talks about her new book Yoda Gets a
Buddy and how her husband, Howard Stern
supports her animal activism.
April 4 Pras Michel/ Troy Lewis/
Patricia Smith
More than a decade ago, Pras founded the
New Jersey-based, multi-platinum rap group,
The Fugees. He has since applied his creative energies to documentary film producing. Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with
Pras, who gives insight into his new documentary “Sweet Micky for President,” that
reveals how Pras recruited the irreverent
musician, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly to
run for—and win—Haiti’s highest office.
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with first
time author Troy Lewis, about his book, Gas
Money, which is a collection of personal stories seen through the eyes of a six year old
living in the small town of Saluda, Virginia,
during the civil rights era.
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with
NJPAC Poet in Residence, Patricia Smith,
to discuss her poetry career and connection
to NJPAC.
April 11 Ron Beit, CEO & Founding
Partner, RBH Group
Ron Beit, the CEO and Founding Partner of
RBH Group highlights the 15-million square
foot mixed-use redevelopment project known
as Teacher’s Village located in downtown
Newark. RBH Group recently broke ground on
Maker’s Village, which will house vertical gardening pioneer AeroFarms.
Andaiye Taylor, Editor, Brick City Live
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with the
Editor of “Brick City Live,” Andaiye Taylor,
to discuss her hyperlocal news website and
how she is using citizen journalist to make
content more relatable to the Newark
community.
Tony Howell, Executive Director,
Educational Opportunity Program, NJIT
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with Tony
Howell, Executive Director, Educational
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Opportunity Programs at NJIT, to discuss
how the program has helped students prepare for NJIT’s rigorous college curriculum.
April 18 Tamron Hall/ James Kaplan
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with the
TODAY Show’s Tamron Hall to talk about
waking viewers up each morning, her role
at MSNBC and the importance of recognizing the signs of domestic violence.
Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with
James Kaplan, author of Sinatra: The
Chairman, to discuss Frank Sinatra’s life
and legacy.
April 25 Joe Yaiullo/Tom Viola/Don Katz
Long Island Aquarium and Exhibit Center
Curator and Co-Founder Joe Yaiullo shares
the interactive activities available at this
destination spot that range from diving with
sharks to kissing a sea lion and the importance of teaching conversation.
Tom Viola, executive director of Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, talks about the
mission of an organization that since 1988,
with the generosity and commitment of the
theater community, has raised more than
$250 million dollars for essential services for
people with AIDS and other critical illnesses
across the United States.
Audible.com Founder Don Katz shares the
exciting news about Newark Venture
Partners, and how a $50 million investment
will help revitalize businesses in Newark.
TUESDAYS
6:30PM THE CHECKOUT
The Checkout is a weekly one-hour music
magazine featuring the best content from
WBGO—the leading presenter of jazz on
public media. Every week, producer Simon
Rentner crafts a program that aims into the
heart of New York’s music scene—featuring
exclusive interviews, studio sessions, and
field recordings of today’s leading artists.
Program listings subject to change.
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7:30PM
CONVERSATIONS
with Allan Wolper
Conversations with Allan Wolper features
guests whose ideas are on the cutting edge.
Wolper, known as a “journalist’s journalist,”
is an interviewer, reporter, documentary producer and ethics columnist, who has been
honored by every journalism medium, winning over 50 awards.
8:00PM LATIN JAZZ CRUISE
with Awilda Rivera
WEDNESDAYS
6:30PM JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
Re-broadcast of previous Sunday’s Program.
7:30PM SPORTSJAM
SportsJam takes a unique peek into the
sports scene as WBGO’s News and Sports
Director Doug Doyle talks with a wide variety
of guests. Bernie Williams, Kareem AbdulJabbar, Jon Faddis, Savion Glover and Jazz
88 host Rhonda Hamilton all agree there’s a
strong connection between jazz and sports.
SportsJam recently received the Best Sports
Award from the New Jersey Associated Press
Broadcasters Association.
THURSDAYS
7:30PM PEOPLE’S PHARMACY
This program examines current issues in
medicine, mental health, nutrition and fitness.
FRIDAYS
6:30PM PORTRAITS IN BLUE
Re-broadcasts on SATURDAYS at 7AM.
March 4 Cootie Williams—
Trumpet Blues, Vol. 1
March 11 Erskine Hawkins, Vol. 6
March 18 Dinah Washington—
From the Beginning, Vol. 17
March 25 Sam “The Man” Taylor, Vol. 6
April 1 Lucky Millinder, Vol. 5
April 8 Jimmy Witherspoon—
Albums, Vol. 10
April 15 The Songs of Leiber & Stoller,
Vol. 1
April 22 Jimmy McCracklin, Vol. 1
April 29 Al Sears, Vol. 3
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7:30PM WBGO JOURNAL
This program, produced by the multi-award
winning WBGO team, covers issues of importance to the Newark/NY metro area.
SATURDAYS
6:00AM NIGHT LIGHTS
Night Lights presents jazz, from 1950 to the
present, with a late-night sensibility, hosted
by David Brent Johnson. “Night Lights is a
program of jazz in sound, story and song,”
says Johnson. “I try to make each show a
cultural narrative about whatever artist or
theme I’m highlighting.”
March 5 Ella ’57
A look at one of singer Ella Fitzgerald’s
busiest and most memorable years on
record.
March 12 Jazz Women of the 1980s
The music of Geri Allen, Emily Remler,
Cassandra Wilson, Carla Bley, and others.
March 19 The Sara Cassey Songbook
Much admired by jazz artists such as Barry
Harris and Pepper Adams, jazz composer
Sara Cassey died at the age of 37 in 1966.
We’ll hear recordings of her music made by
Hank Jones, Johnny Griffin, and others.
March 26 The Jazz Monk: Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton was one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century—and
he was also a passionate jazz fan. We’ll talk
with jazz musician and Merton friend Dick
Sisto, and we’ll hear excerpts from experimental jazz meditations and reflections that
Merton recorded in his hermitage, as well as
some of the jazz that Merton enjoyed and
referred to in his writings. We’ll also hear
from Jason Bivins, author of Spirits Rejoice!,
a book about jazz and American religion.
April 2 The Durable Kenny Dorham
A look at the trumpeter’s career spanning his
recordings with Charlie Parker in the 1940s
to his collaborations with Joe Henderson in
the 1960s.
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April 9 The Randy Weston Songbook
The music of pianist Randy Weston, performed by Weston himself and others such
as Gigi Gryce, Betty Carter, and Booker Ervin.
April 16 Jivin’ With The DJs
Jazz odes to Symphony Sid Torin, Oscar
Treadwell, and other DJs from Lester Young,
Charlie Parker, Illinois Jacquet, and more.
April 23 Histories of Jazz
A look at some of the many efforts to tell the
history of jazz in a single, extended musical
collage.
April 30 Ellington Ending
In the last years of his life, and no longer
with the services of longtime writing partner
Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to
compose memorable music. Historian
Michael McGerr talks with us about
Ellington’s late period works and years.
7:00AM PORTRAITS IN BLUE
Re-broadcast of previous Friday’s Program;
See Listing.
8:00AM SATURDAY MORNING FUNCTION
WBGO’s Bob Porter plays blues, R&B and
classic soul, with an emphasis on the early
1950s to the late 1960s. New artists who
perform these styles are also featured.
10:00AM RHYTHM REVUE
with Felix Hernandez
Rhythm Revue’s blend of classic soul and
R&B received the A.I.R. (Achievement in
Radio) Award for the Best Weekend Program
in New York, and was named Best Radio
Show by New York Magazine and the
Village Voice. WBGO is the original home of
Rhythm Revue.
March 5 No. 1 soul hits of
the 70’s and 80’s
March 12 A tribute to vocal groups,
and much more
March 19 Number One Soul Hits.
March 26 Birthday tributes to Chaka
Khan, Aretha Franklin and
Diana Ross, and much more
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April 2
Birthday tribute to Marvin Gaye,
the singer and the songwriter
April 9 A mix of “blue-eyed soul”
classics and much more
April 16 Top 20 Soul hits of the late 60s,
70s and 80s, plus a birthday
tribute to Al Green
April 23 Music from 25 years of the
Rhythm Revue dance parties
April 30 A tribute to the Philly Sound,
from Rare to Number One
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