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Sounding Off, a mixed media exhibition celebrating the richhistory and sounds of musical culture, will be on display in the WBGO Gallery January 3 through March 31, 2013.

Artist Jerry Gant curates this visual anthology to showcasethe work of diverse, multi-generational artists and how theyare influenced by the common factors of contemporarysound.

WBGO Gallery reception will take place Thursday, March14, 6–8pm.

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AWILDA RIVERA HONORED

On December 2, City Lore, the nationally acclaimed not-for-profit organization devoted to preserving New York’s urbanculture, ushered in a handful of New York City’s most

beloved and enduring radio DJs, representing some of the mostfamiliar letters on the radio dial, into the People’s Hall of Fame.

Held in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York,where the ceremony took place, the 12th People’s Hall of Fameawards ceremony and dance party, was a public acknowledg-ment of the important role played by these six New York DJs,including WBGO’s Awilda Rivera, host of Latin Jazz Cruise(Tuesdays 8–10pm) and Evening Jazz (Weeknights 8pm–1am)

“While we tend to think of radio as a national mediumº, from itsinception, broadcast radio has maintained a strong local compo-

nent, one anchored by local personalities who often promoted regional musicians and communityevents,” notes Ray Allen, from the Hitchcock Institute for American Music at Brooklyn College andhost for the award ceremony. “Even here in New York, the capital of commercial music, radio hasplayed a strong role in nourishing local music cultures.”

WBGO congratulates Awilda for this honor, and we are honored she is part of our team!

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Most people have heard the question: if a tree falls in theforest, and no one is there, will it make a sound? Thatexpression is especially poignant for a community pub-

lic radio station that produces a jazz series for young people.While WBGO’s Kids Jazz Concert Series includes amazingly tal-ented performers, beautiful venues, informative question andanswer sessions and fun times, all at no cost, we wanted to know

how we could reach even more kids, so that our “trees” make as much sound as possible!Enter The Agnes Varis Trust, whose mission is supporting affordable access to the arts,

education and healthcare. Through the generous support of the WBGO Kids JazzConcert by the Varis Trust, plus PNC and the Coleman Family Charities and others,WBGO will be able to celebrate the 20th anniversary season of the Kids Jazz ConcertSeries with more young people than ever before. How? The grant dollars will support anewly launched program to provide transportation to youth organizations in EssexCounty to get young people to and from each of the five concerts this April and May.

WBGO kicks off the 20th Kids Jazz Concert Series on Saturday, April 6 at NewarkSymphony Hall. These free Saturday afternoon concerts will bring jazz culture and per-formance to five Essex County, New Jersey venues. The interactive, hour-long programsgive young people opportunities to learn about the distinct qualities of jazz, and why it isa reflection of our community, nation, and world. The performers produce special pro-grams tailor-made for young people.

All concerts begin at 12:30pm, and are free. Adults must be accompanied by a child.

April 6 Bobby Sanabria & Ascension at Newark Symphony Hall

April 13 Mimi Jones Qt. at Montclair Art Museum

April 20 Lenny White Qt at Newark Museum

April 27 Laura Hull Qt. at Luna Stage (West Orange, NJ)

May 4 Michael Wolff at NJPAC Victoria Theater

More information can be found at www.wbgo.org/kids

WBGO would also like to thank NJPAC’s Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens program and the New JerseyState Council on the Arts for their continued support of the WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series.

WBGO KIDS JAZZ CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

If a Tree Falls in the Forest…

WBGO KIDS JAZZ CONCERTS SPRING 2013

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You may listen to WBGO inyour car, at work, at home, onyour cell, but did you know

how much there was to explore on theWBGO website? In addition to beingable to hear both our Jazz 88.3FM andthe jazz bee (WBGO HD2) streams live24 hours a day, you can hear amazingperformances available nowhere elsevia the WBGO Blog and On-Demandcontent, plus read the latest news sto-ries produced by WBGO, fresh jazz

WBGO.org—there’s more to hear, see and experience

research, and event listings to help youplan your weekend or a visit to the NewYork/New Jersey region.

For example, more than 5,000 jazz fans packed clubs in New York Cityfor Winter JazzFest in January, and WBGO listeners got to “the front of the line” by logging on towww.wbgo.org/thejazzbee for a specialround-the-clock mix of recordings bythe more than seventy groups whoappeared at the festival. WBGO also

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offered “sneak peeks” at groups whowere premiering new material on theWBGO Blog. Our own Gary Walkerhosted a special broadcast of sets bysinger Gregory Porter and saxophonistJames Carter from the festival as well.Did you miss it? You’re in luck—thesets by Porter and Carter are ondemand via the WBGO blog, or by vis-iting www.wbgo.org/ondemand.

Do you know where John Coltranefound his inspirations? Dr. LewisPorter, Coltrane’s biographer and aRutgers–Newark professor, is a

Winter JazzFest sets by

Gregory Porter and James

Carter are on demand via the

WBGO blog, or by visiting

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hosted by Gary Walker.

James Carter

renowned expert on the titan tenor sax-ophonist, and his new revelations maysurprise you. He unveils these in aseries of jazz history blogs for WBGOentitled You Don’t Know Jazz! You canfind this special series, in which Porterhas published his latest Coltraneresearch, on the WBGO Blog atwww.wbgo.org/blog.

While at WBGO.org, don’t forget thatyou can sign up for jazz-e-news so thatyou get the latest and greatest on all theamazing programs on WBGO. You canalso find a digital, interactive version of Upbeat at www.wbgo.org/upbeat—just in case you misplace your WBGOprogram guide.

John Coltrane is the subject of Dr. LewisPorter’s jazzblog You Don’tKnow Jazz!

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Our next WBGO Board of Trustees meeting will be held on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6pm. The meeting location is to bedetermined. Check the May/June issue of Upbeat andWBGO.org for details. This meeting is open to the public.

Pairings atPorter HousePairings atPorter House

WBGO is pleased to present Pairings at Porter House—a three

course dinner at Porter House New York followed by a great seat

at Jazz at Lincoln Center for a special performance.

PAQUITO D’RIVERA’S “CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS”Date: Friday, March 85:30pm dinner | 7:30pm performanceAll inclusive, three course meal and choice seating at Jazz at Lincoln Center.On this program, the effervescent Cubanreedist-arranger-composer Paquito D’Riverawill place his lush sound and virtuosic sensi-bility at the service of this repertoire, impart-ing a Latin twist to the proceedings.

ELEGANT ELLINGTONDate: Thursday, April 257pm dinner | 9pm performanceAll inclusive, three course meal and choice seating at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Singer-pianist-impresario Michael Feinsteinand a cohort of New York’s most talentedsinging stars will interpret these works on a show that explores both Ellington’s musicalroots and the full flowering of his genius.

CELEBRATING DUKE ELLINGTONDate: Saturday April 2712pm lunch | 2pm performanceAll inclusive, three course meal and choiceseating at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Continuing in this vein, the Jazz at LincolnCenter Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis willdraw from its deep well of Ellingtonia, render-ing the maestro’s essence and his centralityto American music with a forceful, idiomatic

clarity that reflects the JLCO’s abidingimmersion in his language.

CHICK COREADate: Thursday, May 166pm dinner | 8pm performanceAll inclusive, three course meal andchoice seating at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Now in his seventies, the pianist-composerChick Corea will be celebrated during JALC's25th Anniversary Season with a multi-venue“festival.” Eat dinner early and attend thepre-concert discussion at 7pm.

SWINGING WITH THE BIG BANDDate: Thursday, June 137pm dinner | 9pm performanceAll inclusive, three course meal andchoice seating at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Band singers like Frank Sinatra, BillyEckstine, Ivie Anderson, Dan Grissom, andDick Powell inflamed hearts around theglobe. Their music was the soundtrack of theage, and it will be celebrated over two nightsas Michael Feinstein and Wynton Marsalishighlight the history and the music of one ofthe most exciting and crucial crossovermovements in the mix of jazz and Americanpopular song.

To purchase your package or for more informa-tion, please call Jennifer at 973-624-8880, sext. 269 or email at [email protected].


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SUNDAYS5:00AM LIVING ON EARTH with Steve CurwoodA magazine show covering environmentalissues.6:00AM SUNDAY MORNING HARMONY

with Dan Karcher10:00AM SINGERS UNLIMITED

with Michael BourneSingers Unlimited is 4 hours of new andclassic 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-studioperformances, interviews and more. 6:00PM JAZZSET WITH

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATERRe-broadcasts on Wednesdays at 6:30pmMarch 3 Discovery Artists: Alfredo

Rodríguez Trio and ChristieDashiell Quartet at the KC Jazz Club in Washington, DC

The late Claude Nobs of the Montreux JazzFestival introduced Rodríguez to QuincyJones, who was impressed. Under “the Q’s”wing, the young Cuban pianist is touring for his new album, Sounds of Space. Toopen, meet Christie Dashiell, alumna of the Kennedy Center/Betty Carter’s Jazz

Ahead program and vocalist in HowardUniversity’s Afro Blue.March 10 Gregory Porter at The Strings

of Autumn in Prague, October, 2013

See sidebar.March 17 Charles Lloyd 75th Birthday:

Sangam at Newport Lloyd’s album Forest Flower from theMonterey Jazz Festival cast him as theessential California musician. “[It] capturesthe spirit of the sixties without sounding theleast bit dated,” writes allaboutjazz.com. At a recent Newport Festival, Lloyd’s open-air,world-friendly saxophone joins Zakir Hussain,tablas, and drummer Eric Harland as“Sangam” (in Sanskrit, confluence). March 24 Chris Lightcap and Bigmouth

at Kuumbwa Jazz: Lost andFound in New York

We’re in California for bassist Chris Lightcapand Bigmouth—two saxes, keys, Chris anddrums. Lightcap’s Lost and Found New Yorkis a musical guided tour from Arthur Avenuein the Bronx to the White Horse Tavern inGreenwich Village, the Cloisters over theHudson to Coney Island on the ocean. Lost and Found in New York by Chris Lightcap has

been made possible with support from Chamber Music

America’s New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble

Development program, funded through the generosity

of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

March 31 Monterey Jazz Festival OnTour—the 55th AnniversaryCelebration at the KennedyCenter

On a 40-city tour with a stop at the KennedyCenter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, ChristianMcBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter,Benny Green and Lewis Nash celebrate the55th anniversary of the long-running andmuch-loved California festival. Early reviewshave been great.April 7 Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts

at The Village VanguardHe’s “a timekeeper who exploits all the

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Gregory Porter atThe Strings of Autumn inPrague, October, 2013The baritone’s staris rising—bybroadcast time, his

song “Real Good Hands” may have won aGrammy®—and he already has a huge fanbase in Europe. Here in Prague, the applause between songs can run forover a minute. In March, Porter returns tosing at The Strings of Spring. [Thanks toRadio 1 Prague]

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timbres a snare drum can give him, findingmelody in it. And when it’s his gig, he’s alsoa colorful personality with flailing limbs andgoofy joy on his face,” says NPR Music.Goofy joy! This is Wilson’s first booking at the Vanguard with his quartet Arts & Crafts.April 14 Umbria JazzThe long-running festival in the artistic havenof Perugia, Italy—100 miles from Rome—issharing sets with us. Artists’ names to come.April 21 Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money

Jungle: Provocative in Blue at Berklee College of Music

Money Jungle is the landmark LP about thetug-of-war between art and commerce fromthe one-time-only trio: Duke Ellington,Charles Mingus and Max Roach. On her newalbum, masterful drummer TLC covers themusic from Money Jungle with her ownarrangements, Gerald Clayton on piano, and some 21st century enhancements. Thanks to Berklee College of Music in BostonApril 28 Allison Miller and Boom Tic

Boom at the Mary Lou WilliamsFestival, the Kennedy Center

Since this set a year ago, drummer Miller has played with Dr. Lonnie Smith, gone toCuba, released the vinyl LP Live at Willisau(DownBeat Editor’s Pick), showcased TheGreat Women of Blues & Jazz project, and a lot more. Her Boom Tic Boom Project isDan Tepfer, piano; Marty Ehrlich, saxophone; Todd Sickafoose, bass.7:00PM SUNDAY NIGHT MUSIC MIXGrammy™ nominated record producer EulisCathey plays an eclectic mixture of jazz, contemporary jazz, fusion, jazz/funk, Latin,classic R&B and so much more. FromGrover Washington, Jr. to Weather Report;from James Brown to Eddie Palmieri; fromCharles Earland to Incognito, the SundayNight Music Mix has something for everyone. 11:00PM JAZZ FROM THE ARCHIVESMarch 3 The Best of WesTo celebrate Wes Montgomery’s 90th birth-

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day, Vincent Pelote surveys Montgomery‘srecording career concentrating on the years1959 to 1965.March 10 On the MerritHost Joe Peterson salutes the career ofbassist Jymie Merrit, one of the foremostdouble bass players of the hard-bop move-ment and long time associate of drummer Art Blakey.March 17 Charles the Great: Part 1 Dan Morgenstern’s salute to Charlie Shavers,trumpeter, singer, composer arranger andunderrated genius.March 24 Charles the Great: Part 2 Dan Morgenstern’s salute to Charlie Shavers,trumpeter, singer, composer arranger andunderrated genius.March 31 Larry Ridley’s 75th Birthday:

Part 1 Ed Berger’s interview with the bassist/educa-tor Larry Ridley, whose stellar career includesassociations with jazz luminaries TheloniousMonk, Dexter Gordon, Benny Carter, LeeMorgan, Freddie Hubbard, and many others.April 7 Larry Ridley’s 75th Birthday:

Part 2 Ed Berger’s interview with the bassist/educa-tor Larry Ridley continues.April 14 Jazz From the Archivists (and

other staff members)Host Vincent Pelote asked the archivists andothers at the Institute of Jazz Studies fortheir favorite jazz pieces and will present theresults.April 21 Place Your Betts!Bassist Keter Betts, who had a long associa-tion with pianist Tommy Flanagan and playedwith many jazz greats, is surveyed by hostJoe Peterson.April 28 It’s a Blue WorldVincent Pelote plays selections from guitaristJoe Puma’s “It’s a Blue World,” and otherrecordings he made as leader and sidemanMONDAYS6:30PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

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March 4 Deep In The Shed: Marcus Roberts

One of our favorite Marcus Roberts showsfrom the JALC archive. Roberts leads hisiconic suite chronicling the blues in all itsform and feel. He’s joined by drummerJason Marsalis, bassist Roland Guerin andothers to play the story.March 11 Joey DeFrancesco TrioTake solace in the blues! Hammond B3 specialist Joey DeFrancesco and his trio arejoined by three hard-driving tenor sax play-ers—Vincent Herring, John Nugent and thelate David “fathead” Newman, in one of hislast performances. They’ll burn up classicslike “Deep Blues,” “My One and Only Love”and “Speak Low.”March 18 Ethel Waters: Blues,

Broadway and JazzSee sidebar.March 25 Karrin Allyson, Sachal

Vasandani and Carla CookThree modern interpreters of song offer dis-tinctive moods at the House of Swing –Karrin Allyson provides a versatile expres-siveness; rising star Sachal Vasandani deliv-ers a cool sophistication; and Detroit nativeCarla Cook brings her blues-style.April 1 Intuition: Bill EvansPerpetually sensitive in style and spirit,pianist Bill Evans was driven by a ‘quiet fire’that has influenced entire generations ofpianists. Guest musical director Bill Charlapwith guitarist and Evans collaborator Jim Halland the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra paytribute with classics like “Waltz for Debby,”“Five” and “Peri’s Scope.”April 8 SF Jazz Collective,

The Music of Stevie WonderSee sidebar.April 15 Jazz and Art IIMusic is like a painting that exists in time;painting is like music that exists in space.Bill Frisell, Papo Vazquez, Doug Wamble andthe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra createmusical portraits inspired by the paintings of

Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Piet Mondrianand more. Join us for this exciting mediationon the art of creation.April 22 A Joe Henderson

Birthday CelebrationJoe Henderson’s distinctive lyrical tenor saxcould embellish bop, blues, bossa nova andhis big band sound. His friends and musicalcollaborators celebrate the man’s lifetime ofinvention. We feature pianist Renee Rosnes,vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and ChrisPotter to mark what would have beenHenderson’s 75th birthday.April 29 Regina Carter with Reverse

Thread and Stefon Harris with Blackout

Innovative jazz fiddler Regina Carter andvibraphonist Stefon Harris explore their past to create a very contemporary sound. With

SF Jazz Collective, The Music of Stevie WonderStevie Wonder’s colorful palette and unfor-gettable melodies have inspired artists of all genres and generations. The innovating,energizing SF Jazz Collective—takes on thechallenge of the Wonder songbook. MiguelZenon (alto), Mark Turner (tenor), AvishaiCohen (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone),Stefon Harris (vibes), Edward Simon (piano),Matt Penman (bass), Eric Harland (drums),tackle “Mon Cherie,” “Superstition” and “Sir Duke.”

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kora player Yacouba Sissoko and accordionistWill Holshouser, Carter explores the music ofAfrica—from Ugandan Jewish songs to tradi-tional folk music of Madagascar and Mali.Harris and his band Blackout find inspirationin the funk and soul sound of the seventies. 7:30PM NJ CAPITOL REPORTEmmy Award-winning anchors Steve Adubatoand Rafael Pi Roman host New Jersey CapitolReport which examines New Jersey’s mostpressing public and policy issues. The pro-gram looks at political, social, and culturalissues affecting the people of New Jerseythrough in-depth conversations with thestate’s top legislative leaders, political pundits, and “movers and shakers.” TUESDAYS6:30PM THE CHECKOUTThis hour-long music magazine, hosted byJosh Jackson, is also available as a podcast,which can be found at the show’s websiteWBGO.org/thecheckout. The multimedia showfeatures what’s new in the New York jazzscene, including featured new music selec-tions, sessions from the WBGO performancestudio, as well as interviews. 7:30PM LATINO USA

with Maria HinojosaMulti award-winning Latino USA, the radio jour-nal of news and culture, is the only nationallydistributed English-language radio programproduced from a Latino perspective. This pro-gram covers the social, cultural and politicalissues facing today’s Latino community.Maria Hinojosa, host of Latino USA, is alsourban affairs correspondent for CNN and aformer NPR News reporter. In addition tobeing a broadcaster, Hinojosa is an author,and a frequent lecturer on college campuses.She has received the Robert F. KennedyAward, an Associated Press award and theNational Council of La Raza’s 1999 RubenSalazar Award. 8:00PM LATIN JAZZ CRUISE

with Awilda Rivera


WEDNESDAYS6:30PM JAZZSET WITH

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATERRe-broadcast of Sunday’s Program; See Listing 7:30PM SPORTSJAM/CONVERSATIONS

WITH ALLAN WOLPERThese two programs alternate monthly inthis time slot.

SportsJam takes a unique peak into thesports scene as WBGO’s News and SportsDirector Doug Doyle talks with a wide varietyof guests. Bernie Williams, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jon Faddis, Savion Glover and Jazz88 host Rhonda Hamilton all agree there’s astrong connection between jazz and sports.SportsJam recently received the Best SportsAward from the New Jersey Associated PressBroadcasters Association.

Conversations with Allan Wolper featuresguests whose ideas are on the cutting edge.Wolper, known as a “journalist’s journalist,”is an interviewer, reporter, documentary producer and ethics columnist, who hasbeen honored by every journalism medium,winning over 50 awards.THURSDAYS 6:30PM SONG TRAVELSMarch 7 Wayne BradyWayne Brady became a household nameimprovising on the popular TV show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Thesinger/actor/dancer/comedian has alsoappeared in the stage productions Rent andChicago, and he became host of the gameshow Let’s Make a Deal in 2009. On thisweek’s Song Travels, Brady discusses histwo major musical influences: Sammy DavisJr. and Sam Cooke. With his musical direc-tor Cat Gray at the piano, Brady performsthe Cooke classic, “You Send Me,” andFeinstein joins Brady in a duet of “It’s Onlya Paper Moon.”March 14 Jake Shimabukuro Jake Shimabukuro has brought the sound



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March/April 2013of the ukulele far beyond Hawaii’s shores;with imaginative innovation, he takes thehumble “little guitar” everywhere from J.S.Bach to the Beatles. On this Song Travels,Shimabukuro surprises listeners—and hostFeinstein—with his unique ability to trans-form a standard tune.March 21 Marilyn McCoo

and Billy Davis Jr.See sidebar.March 28 Catherine RussellAs a young girl, vocalist Catherine Russell wasbounced on the knee of Louis Armstrong. Shestarted her career as a backup singer for stars including Paul Simon,Steely Dan and David Bowie. Today, Russell is a leading voice in interpreting the GreatAmerican Songbook. She joins kindred spiritFeinstein for an hour of pure radio perfection.

6:30PM PIANO JAZZ WITH JON WEBERApril 4 Laurence HobgoodPianist Laurence Hobgood is best known forperforming with vocalist Kurt Elling, but hisown trio and solo work has set him apart asa virtuoso in his own right. His accoladesinclude a Grammy® Award, and he’s playedin the most prestigious venues in the world,including the White House and QueenElizabeth Hall. On this week’s program, hedisplays his dexterity as a composer, playinghis own “One Version of Happiness.” HostJon Weber joins in on another Hobgood original, “Beyond Words.”April 11 Cecile McLorin SalvantRadio France describes Cecile McLorinSalvant as “disarmingly musical” with “the class of Sarah Vaughn, the instinct ofBetty Carter, and the dark lows of CarmenMcCrae.” At twenty-three, she’s already wonthe Thelonious Monk competition and gainedthe ear of Wynton Marsalis. On this week’sPiano Jazz, Salvant discusses her journey todiscover jazz, and host Weber accompaniesher on the 1930’s tunes “I Can’t Dance” and“A Fine Romance.”April 18 Allan HarrisVariety calls singer/songwriter and guitaristAllan Harris a “velvet-voiced singer, with asavvy manner and music in his veins.”Playing to packed houses around the world,he has also received a Chamber MusicAmerica Grant for his musical, “Cross ThatRiver,” a story of the Old West as toldthrough the words and music of a blackcowboy. Harris joins Jon Weber this week totell his own story, with music including“Can’t Live My Life” and “Blue Was Angry.April 25 Stacy SullivanWinner of the MAC Award for OutstandingFemale New York Debut, vocalist StacySullivan lends her smoky alto to cabaretclassics and standards, making them herown. Accompanied by Jon Weber, she

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.The husband and wife musical team ofMarilyn McCoo &: Billy Davis Jr. met asmembers of the iconic sixties band The 5th

Dimension. They went on to perform as asuccessful duo and host their own televisionshow in the late seventies. Now, over 40years later, their music and mutual love andrespect are still going strong as evident onthis Song Travels.

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brought the music of the legendary PeggyLee to the stage with her acclaimed show, “A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee.” She reuniteswith long-time collaborator Weber, now in hisrole as host, for a conversation about thesongs that will never fade, including “I LoveBeing Here with You.”7:30PM PEOPLE’S PHARMACYThis program examines current issues in medicine, mental health, nutrition and fitness. FRIDAYS6:30PM PORTRAITS IN BLUERe-broadcast of previous Saturday’sProgram; See Listing.7:30PM WBGO JOURNALThis program, produced by the multi-awardwinning WBGO team, covers issues of impor-tance to the Newark/NY metro area. SATURDAYS6:00AM SMILEY & WESTSmiley & West from Public Radio International(PRI) is an energetic radio program that is afusion of thought provoking, intelligent and

stimulating dialogue on every subject fromnews and politics to entertainment and culture.The one-hour weekly show attracts a broadspectrum of compelling guests and asks ques-tions that solicit newsworthy discussions.Listen as Tavis Smiley & Cornel West engage indeep dialogue in the “Hot Stuff” segmentwhere the duo dissects the hottest news top-ics. The most engaging portion of the showencourages audience interaction in the “Take‘Em to Task” segment when a caller debatesSmiley & West on a political or social issue.Finally, what would a Smiley & West show bewithout provocative discussions with A-listnewsmakers, celebrities, great thinkers anddoers of our time! Get Ready . . . it’s time forSmiley & West! 7:00AM PORTRAITS IN BLUERe-broadcasts on FRIDAYS at 6:30pmMarch 2 Chuck Berry, Vol. 3March 9 Albums of Jimmy Witherspoon,

Vol. 10March 16 Jimmy Reed, Vol. 1March 23 Sam “The Man” Taylor, Vol.2March 30 Billy Eckstine, Vol. 2April 6 Sonny Boy Williamson, Vol. 6April 13 Dinah Washington—

From the Beginning, Vol. 3April 20 Barbara Lynn, Vol. 4April 27 James Brown, Vol. 108:00AM SATURDAY MORNING FUNCTIONWBGO’s Bob Porter plays blues, R&B andclassic soul, with an emphasis on the early1950s to the late 1960s. New artists whoperform these styles are also featured. 10:00AM RHYTHM REVUE

WITH FELIX HERNANDEZRhythm Revue’s blend of classic soul andR&B received the A.I.R. (Achievement inRadio) Award for the Best Weekend Programin New York, and was named Best RadioShow by New York Magazine and the Village Voice.

Ethel Waters:Blues, Broadway and JazzVocalist EthelWaters embodiedthe blues andbrought that soul to

every boundary she crossed – black andwhite, jazz and Broadway, secular andgospel. Now, songmeister MichaelFeinstein leads a trio of vocalists—AdrianeLenox, Catherine Russell and TracieThomas – to honor Waters’ classicsincluding “Cabin in the Sky,” “StormyWeather” and “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.”

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MUSIC DIRECTOR GARY WALKER’STOP CDS + RE-ISSUES

Gary’sPlays

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Joe Lovano Us FiveCross Culture (Blue Note)

Vanessa Rubin & Don BradenFull Circle(Creative Perspective Music)

Jed LevyRain (Steeplechase)

Mark GrossBlackside (Jazz Legacy Productions)

Kathy FarmerMoondance (Times Square)

Kevin MahoganyOld, New, Borrowed & The Blues(Mahogany Jazz)

Steve SlagleEvensong (Panorama)

Duke EllingtonComplete Columbia Studio Albums1951–1958 (Columbia/Legacy)

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WBGO and Berklee College ofMusic continue with year twoof The Checkout—Live at

Berklee, a program in which criticallyacclaimed, New York-based performersreturn to their Berklee roots and performfor the world from Boston’s Cafe 939. OnThursday, March 7 at 8pm, you can tunein or log on to hear Walter Smith III(Berklee class of 2002) with Taylor Eigsti,Harish Raghavan, and Calrence Penn.

From a young age, Walter Smith IIIbegan taking music very seriously: “Myfirst gig was playing at a McDonald’s inHouston with another saxophone player. Itook a solo on ‘Blue Bossa.’ It was terrible.People clapped, and I figured if I couldget away with that and get applause, howcould I fail?”

Smith began playing the saxophone atthe age of seven in his hometown ofHouston, Texas. While at Houston’s HighSchool for the Performing and Visual Arts,he received a Clifford Brown/Stan GetzFellowship from IAJE and NFAA; theNFAA Young Talent Award; a full-tuitionscholarship to attend Berklee College ofMusic; and a United States PresidentialScholar in the Arts medal. He graduatedfrom Berklee in 2003 with a degree inmusic education.

Smith has performed all over the world,in numerous national and internationalfestivals and on famed stages in the U.S.such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy

The Checkout—Live at Berklee

Center. He has shared the stage andappeared on recordings with many jazznotables, including Terence Blanchard,Roy Haynes, Christian McBride, EricReed, Mulgrew Miller, Joe Lovano, BobHurst, Myron Walden, Walter Beasley,Lewis Nash, Terri Lyne Carrington, and ahost of others. To date, he has appearedon more than 75 recordings that arereleased worldwide.

Over the past few years, besides leadinga quintet, Smith has been a member ofseveral recording and touring groups,including the Terence Blanchard Quintet,Eric Harland’s Voyager Band, AmbroseAkinmusire’s Quintet, Christian Scott’sgroup, the Sean Jones sextet, JasonMoran’s Big Bandwagon, and theChristian McBride Situation band.

You can hear the performance on March 7 at 8pm on WBGO Jazz 88.3FMand also see the performance,streamed live worldwide at 8:00 p.m.Eastern time, on WBGO’s blog—www.wbgo.org/blog.

Walter Smith III


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