Newark Celebrates 350 Years

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JAN./FEB. 2016
UPBEAT | WBGO
Program Guide
Jazz 88.3 FM
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Newark Celebrates 350 Years
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JAZZ MUSIC AND THE MOVEMENT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS: A PANEL DISCUSSION IN
HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
n conjunction with the current
exhibit, Jazz, Jews and AfricanAmericans:Cultural Intersections in
Newark and Beyond, this panel discussion moderated by Maxine Gordon
(widow of Dexter Gordon) will focus on
the role of jazz music and jazz musicians
in the movement for racial equality in
20th century America. The panel will
focus specifically on the relationship
between Jews and African-Americans in
the jazz community as it impacted on
the larger struggle for Civil Rights. This
discussion, sponsored by the New Jersey
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Program Director
Steve Williams
Performing Arts Center (NJPAC),
WBGO, and Rutgers-Newark’s Institute
for Jazz Studies (IJS), will include
Junius Williams (Chairman NC350),
Gwen Moten (Executive Director The
Mayor’s Office of Arts, Cultural
Development and Tourism), pianist Steve
Colson and Robert O’Meally (Zora Neale
Hurston Professor of English—Columbia
University) and composer David Amram.
The following quote from Dr. King,
taken from his speech to the Berlin Jazz
Festival (1964), speaks to the significance
of jazz in the struggle for Civil Rights:
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It is no wonder that so much of
the search for identity among
American Negroes was championed by Jazz musicians. Long
before the modern essayists and
scholars wrote of racial identity
as a problem for a multiracial
world, musicians were returning
to their roots to affirm that which
was stirring within their souls.
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Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell
the story of life's difficulties, and if
you think for a moment, you will
realize that they take the hardest
realities of life and put them into
music, only to come out with some
new hope or sense of triumph.
This is triumphant music.
Modern jazz has continued in this
tradition, singing the songs of a
more complicated urban existence.
When life itself offers no order and
meaning, the musician creates an
order and meaning from the sounds
of the earth which flow through
his instrument.
Much of the power of our
Freedom Movement in the United
States has come from this music.
It has strengthened us with its
sweet rhythms when courage
began to fail. It has calmed us
with its rich harmonies when
spirits were down.
And now, Jazz is exported to the
world. For in the particular struggle of the Negro in America there
is something akin to the universal
struggle of modern man.
Everybody has the Blues.
Everybody longs for meaning.
Everybody needs to love and be
loved. Everybody needs to clap
hands and be happy. Everybody
longs for faith.
In music, especially this broad
category called Jazz, there is
a stepping stone towards all
of these.
The next Newark Public Radio, Inc. Board of Trustees
meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 11. 2016,
6:00 p.m., at WBGO, 54 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
The meeting is open to the public.
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WBGO Helps Kick Off Festivities
Celebrating Newark’s 350th Year!
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016 marks the 350th anniversary
of WBGO’s hometown of Newark,
New Jersey. Situated on Military
Park—which went from being a militia
training ground from 1667–1868, to a
town commons, to the city’s most recently
revitalized park—WBGO announcers
and staff have the opportunity to walk
through a piece of Newark’s past, present
and future each day. So, it was an obvious
“yes,” when we were approached by
Junius Williams, the Chair of the Newark
350 Celebration Committee (NC350), to
kick off a year of celebration in the park
this past October. The NC350 festivities
will include more than a hundred events,
activities and programs. Presented by
individuals and organizations such as
WBGO, Newark Public Library, Newark
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Junius Williams,
Chair of the Newark
350 Celebration
Committee (NC350)
Museum, Rutgers University-Newark,
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, NJPAC
and others, the festivities will be fo–
cused around the city’s rich history and
current vibrancy.
“We are very excited with our first slate
of NC350 programs for 2016. The community’s response, interest and desire to
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Broad Street at the corner of Raymond
Boulevard in Newark, New Jersey in 1945.
be involved has been overwhelming. We
have received many great ideas for programming and are thrilled with the direction of the year-long event,” stated
Williams. “An important factor to our programming has been the direct feedback
we received from our Programming
Committee and at each of our five community ward meetings. The turnout
exceeded our expectations and we
received great direction from the members of each of our diverse communities.”
WBGO is honored to be part of this
effort, as we broadcast our celebration of
Newark each and every day. WBGO continues to produce its Newark Arts
Calendar, which you can find at
WBGO.org/community. There, you will
find arts and cultural activities and events
throughout the city of Newark. And, in
honor of the 350th anniversary of the city,
WBGO will be producing a series of
stories about the people of Newark.
So, stop by and see us in Newark this
year—whether you come to one of our
free, monthly Gateway 2 concerts, or to
see the art in the WBGO Gallery, or to
our Champions of Jazz Gala dance
party at NJPAC in March—WBGO is
Newark Public Radio and we celebrate
that every day!
K
icking off Newark’s 350th anniversary year, WBGO features a
series of episodes of Steve Adubato’s One-on-One, Newark at a
Crossroads, Mondays at 7:30PM January 4–February 8 on WBGO
88.3FM and WBGO.org. Recorded in August 2015 at NJIT,
this special series features individuals from business, healthcare, education and the non-profit world who are shaping the
future of Newark.
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The Road to Love (High Note)
Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene,
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D-Stringz (Impulse)
Vic Juris Trio
Blue (Steeplechase)
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Something Personal (High Note)
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Marcus Printup
Youngbloods (Steeplechase)
Valery Ponomarev Big Band
Our Father Who Art Blakey (Zoho)
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programs at a glance
programguide
Jan./Feb. 2016
SUNDAYS
6:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING HARMONY
with Dan Karcher
10:00 AM 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.
Jan. 3
Singers Unlimited 2015
Host, Michael Bourne, listens back to the year
in jazz and song … and at noon, co-host
Janis Siegel of the Manhattan Transfer plays
singers from her record collection.
Jan. 10 Buddy Johnson &
Bucky Pizzarelli
Michael celebrates the centennial of bandleader and songwriter Buddy Johnson—
“Since I Fell for You,” “Save Your Love for
Me,” and other classic songs that pioneered
Rhythm & Blues … and he will spotlight the
great guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.
Jan. 24 A Birthday-Go-Round
Singers Unlimited features the songs of
Jerome Kern, Jimmy Van Heusen, Antonio
Carlos Jobim, and Django Reinhardt.
Feb. 14 Love Songs Unlimited
6:00 PM JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
Re-broadcasts on Wednesdays at 6:30pm.
Jan. 3
Tootie Heath Turns 80!—
Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz Night in America is honored to celebrate
the 80th birthday of drummer, bandleader,
and force of nature Tootie Heath. He’s recorded with Coltrane, led a band for fifty years,
and played with Dexter Gordon, Nina Simone,
Wes Montgomery, and many more. In eight
decades, Heath hasn’t missed a beat—
listen in for the sound of a true jazz veteran.
Jan. 10 TBD
Jan. 17 Christian McBride’s
“The Movement Revisited”
Jazz Night in America turns the tables on host
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Christian McBride and features a recent performance in Philadelphia of his large-scale
composition for jazz orchestra, gospel choir,
and live oration of speeches from the Civil
Rights Movement.
Jan. 24 Here’s Jonny!
Mezzrow is New York City’s newest listening
room: an intimate club for solo and duo performers where silence and attention are more
than encouraged. It’s a bit of a throwback, as
is its Monday night host Johnny O’Neal. A virtuoso who shot onto the scene in the 1980s,
the pianist is now re-establishing his presence in New York after decades off the radar.
And on Mondays, he holds court at Mezzrow,
singing the blues and welcoming guest after
guest onto the tiny stage. Jazz Night in
America stops into the Greenwich Village
club to listen closely.
Jan. 31 DC Jazz Loft Trios
Highlights from CapitalBop’s 2015 DC Jazz
Fest program featuring three path-breaking
jazz trios led by Warren Wolf, Kris Funn, and
Gary Thomas.
Feb. 7
TBD
Feb. 14 ELEW
Pianist Eric Lewis has led a music career in
and out of the traditional jazz cannon. Often
performed under his stage name ELEW,
Lewis has been performing solo piano
“Rockjazz” for the past six years. In this
episode of Jazz Night in America, Lewis
“returns” to jazz at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola®
with a burning trio featuring Reginald Veal on
bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums.
Feb. 21 Up and Down the
Mississippi with Bill Frisell
The versatile guitarist leads a set spanning
New Orleans to the Delta, Bob Dylan to Bix
Beiderbecke. In this episode of Jazz Night in
America, he’s joined by saxophonist Greg
Osby, pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer
Rudy Royston, embarking on a musical journey along the revered route 61. The story of
the music that came out of the Mississippi
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Delta and traveled up the river to Memphis,
St. Louis, Chicago, and the music the
Mississippi inspired in the rest of the country
is the story of at least the last century of
American music.
Feb. 28 Snarky Puppy in Big D
Jazz Night in America meets up with jazzfusion superstars Snarky Puppy in their
hometown of Dallas, Texas. Along with highlights from a live concert at The Prophet Bar,
we explore how to hear the “gospel tinge” in
the band’s infectious grooves and sit down
with an exclusive conversation with bandleader/bassist, Michael League in a recording
studio where he breaks down his compositional process.
7:00 PM SUNDAY NIGHT MUSIC MIX
Grammy® nominated record producer Eulis
Cathey plays an eclectic mixture of jazz, contemporary 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.
11:00 PM THE CHECKOUT
Re-broadcast of previous Tuesday’s Program.
MONDAYS
6:30 PM 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.
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7:30 PM 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.
One-on-One with Steve Adubato
“Newark at a Crossroads” series—
Jan. 4–Feb. 8
Jan. 4
Dr. Joel Bloom, President, NJIT
Steve Adubato goes one-on-one with Dr. Joel
Bloom, President of New Jersey Institute of
Technology, to discuss innovation and ways to
drive economic development through the collaboration of students and business leaders.
David Rosenberg, CEO, AeroFarms
Vertical farming is taking root in Newark,
thanks to the vision of Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer David Rosenberg.
Leafy greens and herbs will be grown in
the new 69,000 square facility in Newark’s
Ironbound section.
Kimberly McLain, Pres. & CEO,
Foundation for Newark’s Future
Steve Adubato goes one on one with
Kimberly McLain, President & CEO of the
Foundation for Newark’s Future, to discuss
how Mark Zuckerberg’s challenge grant is
being used to improve education in Newark.
Jan. 11 Ras J. Baraka, Newark Mayor
National and international companies are
calling the Brick City home. So are seniors
who are enjoying new housing facilities.
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka discusses
the triumphs and challenges that still face
New Jersey’s largest city.
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Jan. 18
Christopher Cerf,
Superintendent,
Newark Public Schools
Steve Adubato goes one-on-one with
Newark’s new Superintendent of Public
Schools, Chris Cerf, about his plan to fix
the Brick City’s school system.
Guy Sterling, Author,
The Famous, Familiar and
Forgotten: 350 Notable
Newarkers
Former Star-Ledger reporter Guy Sterling
reveals the many fascinating people who
have called Newark home in his new
book The Famous, The Familiar, and
The Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers.
Jan. 25 Marjorie Perry, Pres. & CEO MZM
Construction & Management
Marjorie Perry, President & CEO, MZM
Construction and Management goes one-onone with Steve Adubato to share more insight
on her deep Newark roots and her positive
future projections for the Brick City.
Barbara Heisler, Executive
Director, GlassRoots
Steve Adubato goes one on one with Barbara
Heisler, Executive Director of GlassRoots, to
discuss how glass blowing transforms lives,
especially of underserved youth.
Thomas Krever, Executive
Director, GlassRoots &
Ashwanda Fleming, Ph.D.
& Exec. Dir. of HMI-Newark
Recent studies indicate that LGBTQ youth are
30 percent more likely to be evicted from
their homes. Helping Newark LGBTQ youth
cope with the myriad of challenges facing
them are Hetrick-Martin Institute(HMI) Chief
Executive Officer Thomas Krever and the
Executive Director of HMI-NJ Ashawnda
Fleming, Ph. D.
Feb. 1
Barry Ostrowsky, Pres. & CEO,
Barnabas Health Systems
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Barnabas Health, Barry H. Ostrowsky,
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explains how the merger with Robert Wood
Johnson benefits the entire New Jersey community
Chris Siversen, Executive Chef
and Owner, BURG
Steve Adubato goes one-on-one with executive chef of the acclaimed Jersey City restaurant Maritime Parc, Chris Siversen, about
his latest venture, BURG, in Newark’s
Military Park.
Ryan Haygood, President & CEO,
NJ Institute for Social Justice
Steve Adubato goes one on one with Ryan
Haygood, President & CEO of the New Jersey
Institute for Social Justice, to discuss law
enforcement and community relations, and
empowering Newark community members.
Feb. 8
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
Opportunity Programs at NJIT, to discuss how
the program has helped students prepare for
NJIT’s rigorous college curriculum.
Feb. 15 Pras Michel/Troy Lewis/
Patricia Smith
More than a decade ago, Pras founded the
New Jersey-based, multi-platinum rap group,
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January 12
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Deneka Peniston
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.
Feb. 22 Vaughn L. McKoy/Tina DeMarco
& Rudy Walker/Ted Chapin
Vaughn L. McKoy, a successful lawyer, public
speaker and author has made his life an
example of how one rises to meet every
occasion. Steve Adubato goes one-on-one
with McKoy to discuss his new teaching
guide, The Coaches Playbook, a classroom
companion to his motivational autobiography,
Playing Up: One Man’s Rise From Public
Housing TO Public Service Through
Mentorship.
Steve Adubato talks with Tine DeMarco and
Rudy Walker about how one hospital is going
beyond medicine and using the power of
music and art to help heal their patients.
Steve Adubato goes one-on-one with Ted
Chapin, who talks about his role as President
& CEO of Rodgers & Hammerstein organization as well as host of the American
Songbook series at NJPAC, featuring some
of today’s top artists.
Feb. 29 Freddy Cole/ Richard Willett
& Christian Mansur
A living link to the Great American Songbook,
legendary Jazz pianist, vocalist, composer
and arranger Freddy Cole talks about his
WJF Preview show—
Ray Angry/Shai Maestro
Now the biggest jazz festival in the United
States, Winter Jazz Festival celebrates new
jazz music by featuring over 100 bands on a
dozen stages in the heart of New York City,
Greenwich Village. Two of this year’s hottest
acts this year Ray Angry and Shai Maestro
talk about their projects. Producer and
pianist Ray Angry presents Celebration Suite
from Supreme Sonacy (Blue Note). Pianist
Shai Maestro tells Untold Stories, also the
name of his album.
extraordinary career—and his newest album
which, at age 85, he is currently recording.
In this Newark at a Crossroads segment,
Steve Adubato talks with Richard Willet,
head of the Newark Boys Chorus School and
student Christian Mansur, about the schools
45 years of music excellence.
TUESDAYS
6:30 PM 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
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field recordings of today’s leading artists.
Program listings subject to change.
Jan. 5
Cape Town Jazz Fest Part 2:
Thundercat/Claude Cozens
The bassist, singer, and composer Thundercat
talks about LA’s creative music scene—
Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, and the
late Austin Peralta. Plus, an introduction to
Cape Town’s drummer Claude Cozens.
Recorded at the 2015 Cape Town Jazz
Festival.
Jan. 12 WJF Preview show—
Ray Angry/Shai Maestro
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Jan. 19 MOPDTK “Blue”/
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Bird Calls
Don’t assume for a second the IndianAmerican alto saxophonist Rudresh
Mahanthappa knows anything about his
parent’s ancestry, language, or music. As a
second generation kid growing up in mostlywhite Boulder Colorado, he didn’t. He became
an expert of the music of Charlie Parker
before investigating the music his own heritage in south India. But first, cloning Kind of
Blue. The band Mostly Other People Do The
Killing surprises us with their tribute of the
Miles Davis classic recording. And, it may
shock you too.
Jan. 26 Joshua Redman/Phronesis/
Elizabeth Shepherd
Joshua Redman talks about collaborating
with The Bad Plus for their new recording on
Nonesuch, plus shares his love for his hometown basketball team, The Golden State
Warriors, now world champions. Jasper
Hoiby, pianist Ivo Neame, and drummer Anton
Eger from the group Phronesis talk about
their album Life To Everything. The Montrealbased singer/songwriter Shepherd explains
the motivation behind making her recording
The Signal. Recorded at the 2015 Montreal
International Jazz Festival.
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Feb. 2
Panama Jazz Fest Special Part 1:
Randy Weston/Danilo Perez
The Checkout takes you live to the 2016
Panama Jazz Festival to feature exclusive
performances from Panamanian American
piano players Danilo Perez and Randy
Weston. The show will also highlight some
of its emerging talent in connection with
Berklee College of Music.
Feb. 9
Cape Town Jazz Fest Part 1
Hugh Masekela, Benjamin
Jephta, Carlo Mombelli
When the South African bassist and composer Carlo Mombelli is stumped for ideas, he
heads to the forest to sing along with the
birds and insects. He tells us some of those
“Stories.” Stories is the name of his recording featuring all self-taught musicians. The
Cape Townean Benjamin Jephta is another
South African bassist bubbling with ideas.
The 22-year-old shares music from his debut
Homecoming. But first, we go back
50 years with trumpet legend, Hugh
Masekela. It’s 1965—the year that Masekela
became a star and when he launched his
record label Chisa. This is the 2015 Cape
Town International Jazz Festival edition of
The Checkout from South Africa.
Feb. 16 Zahili Gonzalez Zamora
Introducing Cuban pianist, singer and songwriter Zahili Gonzalez Zamora. She shares
her music from the 2015 Montreal
International Jazz Festival.
Feb. 23 Jason Moran on
Fats Waller/Ray Angry
Pianist Jason Moran talks about music from
his recording All Rise: A Joyful Elegy of Fats
Waller (Blue Note). Jazz pianist and pop producer Ray Angry shares his five favorite pop
tunes with jazz influence.
7:30 PM CONVERSATIONS WITH
ALLAN WOLPER
Conversations with Allan Wolper features
guests whose ideas are on the cutting edge.
Wolper, known as a “journalist’s journalist,”
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is an interviewer, reporter, documentary producer and ethics columnist, who has been
honored by every journalism medium, winning over 50 awards.
8:00 PM LATIN JAZZ CRUISE
with Awilda Rivera
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 PM JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
Re-broadcast of previous Sunday’s Program.
7:30 PM 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
6:30 PM SONG TRAVELS
WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
Jan. 7
Mark O’Connor
Grammy®-winning violinist Mark O’Connor is
at home playing bluegrass, country, jazz, and
classical. And his approach to teaching
strings is considered a rival to the Suzuki
Method. Feinstein and O’Connor get together
on this week’s Song Travels to explore
American music, including a performance
of Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”
Jan. 14 Barry Manilow
Pop icon Barry Manilow got his start arranging for TV and writing commercial jingles. He
was Bette Midler’s pianist before he recorded his 1974 breakout hit, “Mandy.” The rest
is chart-topping history. On this Song Travels,
Manilow joins Feinstein to talk about his life
and career, and he performs “I Am Your
Child.”
Jan. 21 John Proulx
Vocalist, pianist, and composer John Proulx
has a voice that is reminiscent of another
all-around musician, the late Chet Baker.
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Proulx’s songs have been recorded by artists
including Nancy Wilson and Mary Stallings,
and he’s performed with legends Natalie
Cole, Anita O’Day, and Marian McPartland.
Proulx joins host Feinstein to discuss the
continuing evolution of music.
Jan. 28 Brandy Clark
Country vocalist and songwriter Brandy Clark
has written major hits for modern country
artists Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and
The Band Perry. With her acclaimed debut
solo album, 12 Stories, she revitalizes the
tradition of storytelling in country music with
darkly humorous songs that speak from the
experiences of a modern woman. Clarke performs a set of her original songs including
“Pray to Jesus” and “Take a Little Pill.”
Feb. 4
Jimmy Webb
One of the most prominent songwriters of his
era, Jimmy Webb has written for artists
including Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, and
the Fifth Dimension. He has earned multiple
Grammys, membership in the Nashville
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the National
Academy of Songwriters. In this session, Webb
presents some of his most memorable songs,
including “Galveston” and “MacArthur Park.”
Feb. 11 Charenée Wade
Jazz vocalist Charenée Wade began singing
at age twelve and learned from jazz luminaries such as Carmen Lundy and Christian
McBride. Her clear voice landed her first runner-up in the 2010 Thelonious Monk competition, and she followed this success with her
debut album, Love Walked In. On this Song
Travels, Wade performs jazz classics, including “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” and
“Blue Monk.”
Feb. 18 Michael and Lisa Gungor
Michael and Lisa Gungor started the musical
collective known as Gungor, which has been
compared to Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, and
Sufjan Stevens. Their first two albums were
Grammy®-nominated, and their songwriting
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continues to break ground and defy categorization. On this week’s Song Travels, Gungor
demonstrates their innovative sound with a
performance of their song “I Am Mountain.”
Feb. 25 Valerie Simpson
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7:30 PM PEOPLE’S PHARMACY
This program examines current issues
in medicine, mental health, nutrition
and fitness.
FRIDAYS
6:30 PM PORTRAITS IN BLUE
Re-broadcast of previous Saturday’s
Program; See Listing.
7:30 PM WBGO JOURNAL
This program, produced by the multi-award
winning WBGO team, covers issues of importance to the Newark/NY metro area.
SATURDAYS
6:00 AM NIGHT LIGHTS
Night Lights presents jazz, from 1950 to the
SONG TRAVELS
February 25
Valerie Simpson
Vocalist and songwriter Valerie Simpson
and her late husband Nick Ashford
formed one of the most powerful musical duos of the modern era. These master architects of soul and R&B penned
hits including “Ain’t No Mountain High
Enough,” “I’m Every Woman,” and
“Solid.” Simpson reminisces about
their work and life with host Michael
Feinstein.
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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.”
Jan. 2
Hipsters, Flipsters, and
On-The-Scenesters
Night Lights rings in the New Year with jazz
tributes to characters both imagined and
real, including Freddie Freeloader, Moose
the Mooche, and more.
Jan. 9
Portrait of Hod O’Brien
An interview with the veteran pianist, as
well as recordings that he’s made with
Chet Baker, J.R. Monterose, Roswell Rudd,
and others.
Jan. 16 Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s
Early Black-Pride Music
Long before the black-pride movement of the
1960s, Duke Ellington was composing music
that celebrated the history, achievements,
and culture of African-Americans. We’ll hear
music from Black, Brown and Beige, The
Liberian Suite, and other Ellington works.
Jan. 23 The Benny Golson Songbook
Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson has penned
some of the most notable compositions of
the modern jazz era, including “Whisper Not,”
“Along Came Betty,” and “I Remember
Clifford.” We’ll hear performances of those
pieces and more by Lee Morgan, Art Blakey’s
Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie’s big band,
and the Jazztet.
Jan. 30 Later: Bobby Hutcherson
in the Mid-1970s
Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson was already
a Blue Note veteran when he made a string
of mid-1970s hardbop albums for the label,
drawing on a strong working group that
included trumpeters Woody Shaw and
Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Harold Land
and Manny Boyd, and pianist George Cables.
Although Blue Note’s glory days were already
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past when these records were made, they
reflect the intensity of the label’s best work.
Feb. 6
Vee-Jay Jazz:
The Vee-Jay Records Story
In 1953 a Gary, Indiana couple started a
label that would become one of the most
significant black-owned record companies in
America. We’ll hear the jazz artists such as
Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, and Wayne
Shorter who recorded for Vee-Jay Records.
Feb. 13 Portraits in Black
Music tributes to African-American figures
such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from
Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus
and others.
Feb. 20 Ready for Freddie Redd
A salute to hardbop pianist Freddie Redd,
featuring recordings he made with artists
such as Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks.
Feb. 27 Portraits of Harlem
Bandleader Duke Ellington, stride pianist
James P. Johnson, and saxophonist Benny
Carter all wrote musical depictions of
Harlem, one of the most vibrant black communities in American history. John Howland,
author of Ellington Uptown, joins us to discuss these concert-jazz portraits of Harlem.
7:00 AM PORTRAITS IN BLUE
Re-broadcasts on FRIDAYS at 6:30
Jan. 2
Best of 2015
Jan. 9
Albums of
Jimmy Witherspoon Vol. 9
Jan. 16 Dinah Washington—
From the Beginning Vol. 16
Jan. 23 Sam “The Man” Taylor Vol. 5
Jan. 30 Lucky Millinder Vol. 4
Feb. 6
Al Sears Vol. 2
Feb. 13 Buddy Johnson Vol. 6
Feb. 20 Dinah Washington Albums Vol.1
Feb. 27 Billy Eckstine Vol. 4
8:00 AM 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
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perform these styles are also featured.
10:00 AM 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.
Jan. 2
Decades of Classic Soul
Felix continues his 30th year on WBGO with
four commercial-free hours of classic soul
and R&B hits from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Jan. 9
Motown
An extra helping of Motown classics in
today’s show.
Jan. 16 Pioneers
Felix pays tribute to soul music’s pioneers,
including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Sam
Cooke, the Temptations and many others.
Jan. 23 Rarities
Felix dips into his rare stash for some seldom-heard and obscure soul treasures.
Jan. 30 The Hits
Felix features records that made it to No. 1
on the national soul charts.
Feb. 6
Request Show
Felix takes your classic soul requests. Click
on “Requests” on the Rhythm Revue at
wbgo.org!
Feb. 13 Warm Your Soul
It may be winter, but Felix has some uptempo
classics that will warm your body and your
soul!
Feb. 20 Vocal Groups
Felix features great soul vocal groups as part
of today’s classic soul mix.
Feb. 27 NY/NJ Radio Soul
As part of the four hour music mix, Felix
features an hour of songs that were big
soul radio hits in New York City and
North Jersey.
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The Winter Jazz Festival, which turns 12 this year, runs in various venues around
Greenwich Village in Manhattan, January 13-17. WBGO will once again partner with
the festival, and Simon Rentner, host of The Checkout (Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. on WBGO),
sat down with the festival’s creator, Brice Rosenbloom, to discuss this year’s event.
Simon: So how big can this
festival really get?
Brice: The audience that
comes out every year . . .
and the amount of talent
that’s out there tell us that
we can continue to see it
Brice
grow every year. This year
Rosenbloom
will be five days long [with
more than] a hundred and twenty groups, over
650 musicians performing [in] 14 different
venues across the Village. Last year we were
in a beautiful venue, the Minetta Theatre,
which we don’t have access to this year. [That]
propelled us to start a conversation with the
New School, and we’ve been able to secure
four different stages at the school this year, in
what we hope will become a long standing
partnership. On the Friday and Saturday ECM
records will be showcasing thirteen different
groups of homegrown talent at the Tishman
auditorium on 14th street and 5th Avenue.
That showcase will feature artists like Vijay
Iyer and Avishai Cohen, David Torn, Craig
Taborn, Michael Formanek, Chris Potter and
many others.
Simon: I hear ECM records founder Manfred
Eicher is making a special trip for this series.
Brice: Yes, we understand that as well. We’re
thrilled that he’s going to be in the room.
Simon: It’s funny that you have all these venues in Greenwich Village which obviously
holds great, storied history in jazz music in the
United States where you’re presenting this
festival. However, none of your acts are featured in any of these sort of jazz club mainstays in Greenwich Village itself like Smalls
jazz club isn’t involved, Fat Cat isn’t involved
or the Village Vanguard; all of these Greenwich
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Village jazz clubs. Was that calculated or it
just didn’t work out that way?
Brice: You know it’s somewhat calculated,
but not fully. We do include the Zinc Bar, we
have included the Zinc Bar almost . . . every
year but for the past seven or eight years of
our twelve year history. We choose, though, to
offer opportunities to experience the music in
non-traditional jazz settings for audience and
presenters who are in town for the Arts
Presenters Conference. So yes, we will offer a
couple jazz clubs, but a lot of the venues feel
more like rock clubs or big open theatres; the
kind of spaces that a presenter might come in
and experience the music in a vibrant setting
that might lend, or remind themselves of how
they might want to present that artist. So
we’re using Le Poisson Rouge as one of our
central larger venues, right on Bleecker
Street. [Other venues include] the Judson
church, which is a historic space right near
[the] NYU campus, and …Sub Culture, a little
further east of the Village, which is kind of a
basement smaller theatre space. So, the goal
is to not just be in concert halls and jazz
clubs but to offer a varied way to experience
the music.
Find the rest of the interview at
WBGO.org/WJF—along with links to
interviews with the artists, the festival
preview from The Checkout and more.
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