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A Musical Journey Around The World . . . with stops in Newport, Orvieto and the Mohonk Mountain House

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BGO Travel has designed firstclass packages for visits to amazing domestic and international locations for world-famous jazz festivals and deluxe tours offering exclusive opportunities for WBGO guests. WBGO Travel is sure to enlighten, entertain and encourage you to experience it all.

The series kicks off with three incredible experiences including: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, August 2–5, 2013: Leading the way since 1954, this legendary event is America’s first annual jazz festival. Join WBGO for the weekend—or the day.

WBGO weekenders will arrive on Friday at the Newport Hotel & Marina to a welcome reception and then head off for a reserved seat concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame with Natalie Cole and the Bill Charlap Trio with Freddy Cole. Saturday and Sunday morning, hop aboard the ferry, which will be

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docked steps outside your harbor view room, to embark to Fort Adams State Park for two full days of performances. WBGO will also provide you with meal vouchers for both days.

WBGO will be celebrating its 5th year broadcasting live from the Newport Festival, so, stick with us on Monday, we will certainly show you the ins and outs of Newport and the festival. Saturday performances include Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, Marcus Miller and Robert Glasper; Sunday concerts include Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes, Joshua Redman and Hiromi. Enjoy the beautiful bay sunrise and have breakfast with us before you begin your journey back to the real world.

If music lovers prefer to experience the festival for a day trip instead—hop aboard the bus. The WBGO express bus will take you from New York or Boston directly to the festival gate. One day excursions include round-trip bus transportation, admission to the festival and a voucher for food & beverage on site at the festival. Busses are equipped with WiFi, a

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Umbria Winter Jazz Festival, Orvieto, Italy, December 26, 2013–January 2, 2014

able tradition, is the New Year’s Day Gospel Choir concert and Messa della Pace (Mass of Piece) held at the breathtaking Duomo.

Special seating reserved for WBGO will enhance this experience-a touching and fitting end to amazing performances and a most appropriate way to encapsulate the magic and emotions felt throughout our stay in this extraordinary town and region.

Jazz on the Mountain at Mohonk, New Paltz, NY, January 17–20, 2014

Great music, culture, stunning scenery and delectable cuisine are the key ingredients that make this the perfect way to spend the New Year’s holiday. The magnificent adventure includes a stay in a Four-Star hotel, guided tours, a New Year’s Eve celebration, a gospel concert and of course, the Umbria Jazz Festival.

Daily excursions will take you to Umbrian Medieval hamlets of Montefalco, also famous for its Sagrantino wine. Todi and Bevagna will reveal their charms and well deserved ranking amongst some of the most beautiful “borgos” in Italy, their streets, still faithfully reveal glimpses of a culture that revered beauty and art.

Southern Tuscany will be well represented during an excursion to Pitigliano first mentioned as far back as 1061. This quaint town is also known as the little Jerusalem as throughout the centuries, was and still is the home of a well-established Jewish community.

The Umbria Jazz Winter Festival will feature some of the most recognized artists of the jazz world. Our daily activities will be carefully planned so as not to interfere with the scheduled concerts. On New Year’s Eve, we will be celebrating in grand style at the San Francesco, the swankiest party in town, as we’ll swing the night away to the sound of cool jazz and blues!

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For the fourth consecutive year, WBGO invites you to experience a celebration of jazz at the magical and historical Mohonk Mountain House resort located in New Paltz, NY, in the picturesque Catskills. WBGO announcer Michael Bourne will celebrate his 15th year creating a stellar program with a line-up of jazz greats including Anat Cohen, Fred Hersch, Julian Lage, Joe Locke, Scott Robinson, Matt Wilson, Martin Wind and more. You will be welcomed to the mountain top on Friday with a warm cocktail reception and enjoy a private dinner on Saturday night with Michael Bourne and the musicians for a lively and fun dinner.

If you can find a few minutes in between the eight concerts, the bountiful meals, the stunning views—take a dip in the swimming pool, go snowshoeing or ice skating. New this year—a WBGO Mohonk scavenger hunt— challenging fun for all ages.

Join WBGO for these amazing and unique travel opportunities.

To book your trip or for more information on the WBGO Travel Series, visit WBGO.org/travel, email events@wbgo.org or call 973-624-8880 x269.

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WBGO’s Spring Kids Jazz Concert Series Entertained More Kids Than Ever Before!

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BGO’s Kids Jazz Concert Series celebrated its 20th anniversary season this past April. It was the most successful yet thanks in large part to the new Transportation Fund from the Agnes Varis Trust; supporting affordable access to the arts, education, and healthcare. The Varis grant enabled WBGO to fund Essex County, NJ groups, like Pride Academy Charter School and Arc of Essex County, so they could rent vehicles to transport

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students to WBGO’s free concerts. This opportunity grew audiences at each of the five free concerts, and further spread WBGO’s mission among families and youth organizations in New Jersey.

Audiences at multiple concerts this season pushed the limits of theater seating capacity providing a packed house full of energy for the performers; somehow Bobby Sanabria (April 6) and Ascención still found room for families to dance in the aisles to classical Latin jazz beats.

Lauren Hooker (April 13) and her band continued the party with dancing and audience sing-a-longs through the history of jazz during WBGO’s first Kids Jazz Concert at Luna Stage’s new West Orange location. Mimi Jones (April 20) and her all female band turned kids into stars when they invited young audience members to improvise their own blues song on the microphone at the Montclair Art Museum. Lenny White (April 27) gave students inspiration to delve deeper www.wbgo.org

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into jazz showcasing two teenage powerhouses, accompanying him on stage at the Newark Museum. Families were graciously invited to visit the Museum for free following the show to participate in hands-on activities with the Museum’s monthly “Make-it, Take-it Saturday” event. For many of the students attending the concert series through the Transportation Fund, the Kids Jazz Concert Series was the first live music performance they had ever attended.

Students with NJAfter3 said they felt like VIPs at NJPAC’s stately Victoria Hall when following the show they got to meet the artist Michael Wolff (May 4) with his son, Hollywood star and fellow musician, Alex Wolff for autographs in the lobby.

Kids who came to the concerts received mini instruments and T-shirts, also pro-

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This opportunity grew audiences at each of the five free concerts, and further spread WBGO’s mission among families and youth organizations in New Jersey. vided by the Agnes Varis Trust, to remember the concert long into the next season of the Kids Jazz Concert Series.

Any groups working with Essex County, NJ youth who would like to be considered for the next round of Kids Jazz Concert Series Transportation Funding should send their email address, contact information, and organization name to kids@WBGO.org. Applications and more information will be available during the summer and e-mailed to all interested parties. Groups working with families or parents are also encouraged to apply.

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n the WBGO Gallery this summer, Heritage, celebrating Hispanic Heritage with a group exhibition curated by the La Ruche Artists Consortium, whose mission is to unite artists from multicultural diasporas.

Artists in the group show include, Cuban born Jose Acosta (winner of French Academy Arts-SciencesLettres 2001 Bronze Medal in Art), Laura L. Cuevas (Brooklyn native with Puerto Rican and Cuban roots who

won a Geraldine R. Dodge Art Initiative Grant), Gerardo Castro (exhibiting this Fall at the United Nations), Alfredo Gomez Jr. and Jose Rodeiro (recipient of NEA’s Visual Artist Fellowship in painting and a Fullbright Fellowship Grant).

A reception for the exhibit will take place at WBGO, at 54 Park Place in Newark, on Thursday, July 11 from 6–8pm. More information at WBGO.org/gallery.

Our next WBGO Board of Trustees meeting will be held on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 6pm. The meeting location is to be determined. Check the September/October issue of Upbeat and WBGO.org for details. This meeting is open to the public.

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Cover: Herbie Hancock at 2010 Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Michael Weintrob

programs at a glance

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BROADCAST SPECIALS NEWARK TODAY Thursday, July 25 at 8pm Thursday, August 22 at 8pm

MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL* July 3-5

NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL* August 3–4 *LIVE

SUNDAYS 5:00AM LIVING ON EARTH with Steve Curwood A magazine show covering environmental issues.

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.

6:00PM JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RE-BROADCASTS ON WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30PM

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Triveni with Avishai Cohen and Guest Anat Cohen The word Triveni is Sanskrit for three sacred rivers, flowing together. The group Triveni is Avishai Cohen, trumpet; Drew Gress, bass; Eric Harland, drums, with music by Cohen, Don Cherry and Charles Mingus. Sister Anat joins late on clarinet.

July 14 Lewis Nash Quintet /Kurt Elling See sidebar.

July 21 John Ellis and Double-Wide Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society The tenor man’s band has a New Orleans carnival feel with trombone and sousaphone, Jason Marsalis on drums, and Gary Versace on organ and accordion. Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society gives a taste of Argue’s imaginative theatrical piece for orchestra, Brooklyn Babylon.

July 28 Miguel Zenón & Laurent Coq/ Dafnis Prieto Sextet Miguel and Dafnis are a pair of MacArthur Foundation Fellows, Miguel from Puerto Rico, JAZZSET

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Lewis Nash Quintet/Kurt Elling Kurt Elling sings from his new album 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project, named for a famous address in songwriting. And class act drummer Lewis Nash leads his fine band with Jeremy Pelt and Jimmy Greene on trumpet and tenor.

“Lewis will stay right in the pocket, while doing some of the most creative stuff being played,” bassist Peter Washington told DownBeat’s Ted Panken. www.wbgo.org

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Dafnis from Cuba. Each leads a band in new music at Newport. Zenón and the French pianist Coq are inspired by the 1966 novel Rayuela (Hopscotch) by Julio Cortázar.

Drummer Prieto premieres “Two for One,” commissioned by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with music from his album Taking the Soul for a Walk.

Aug. 4 Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes at The Kennedy Center The pianists open with “Never Will I Marry” (though they are, to each other). Cedar Walton’s “Midnight Waltz” and Wayne Shorter’s “Ana Maria” are highlights, along with Lyle Mays’ “Chorinho.”

This JazzSet is dedicated to the memory of Derek Gordon (1955–2012).

Kevin Eubanks at the Detroit Jazz Festival On a chilly day, the guitarist and his band play bluesy and Coltrane-inspired tunes with total commitment. They are the weather!

Some of the same tunes appear in studio versions on Eubanks’s fine new CD The Messenger (Mack Avenue, 2013).

Aug.18 Sean Jones/Jeff Tain Watts at the Detroit Jazz Festival Of 2011 Artist-in-Residence Watts’ group with Marcus Strickland, Lawrence Fields and Christian McBride, our photographer noted his opinion: “They put down a set that was both relentlessly swinging and beautiful…

[It was] the highlight of the acts I caught . . .”

The day before Tain, everybody was saying that trumpeter Sean Jones had played the set to beat.

Aug. 25 Branford Marsalis Qt. at Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, CA Personnel changes have been few over 20 years in the Branford Marsalis Quartet. The players are consistent, Marsalis says, but the music should evolve and be challenging, center on the melody and convey emotions.

Branford’s tenor and soprano lead. Pianist Joey Calderazzo and bassist Eric Revis com-

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Father of the Mambo: The Music of Cachao Lopez ‘Mambo’ translated from Kikongo— the Creole language of Cuba, means “conversation with the gods.” Bassist Israel Cachao Lopez enlightened the jazz world with the divine Afropbs Cuban rhythms from his native Cuba. Our own bassist Carlos Henriquez uplifts the Rose Theater with the ultimate ‘discarga’ jam session in honor of the late ‘Cachao’.

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pose three of the four tunes. Justin Faulkner plays drums.

7:00PM 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.

11:00PM JAZZ FROM THE ARCHIVES MONDAYS 6:30 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WENDELL PIERCE July 1 The Music of Fats Waller A light-hearted entertainer and a very serious musician, Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller mastered the stride piano and wrote some of jazz’s enduring, endearing tunes. Hear “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “A Handful of Keys” in the ‘hands’ of pianist Ehud Asherie, vocalist Allen Harris, and guitar master Doug Wamble, under the direction of that multifarious fiddler and reedman Andy Farber.

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programguide July/August 2013 July 8 Bobby McFerrin—VOCAbuLarieS Bobby McFerrin introduces a major work for a rhythmically-charged, internationally-cast, improvising choir. McFerrin’s sprawling work evokes African chant, gospel energy, Motown soul, minimalism and jazz polyphony—and this exhilarating performance also features a role for the Rose Theater audience.

July 15 Father of the Mambo: The Music of Cachao Lopez See sidebar page 9.

July 22 The Music of Sarah Vaughan Brash vocals earned Sarah Vaughan the titles “Sassy” and “The Divine One”. Musical director and pianist Eric Reed leads this celebration of her work through the glorious range of Jane Monheit and Mary Stallings’ sure swing.

July 29 The Yellowjackets with Mike Stern For over 25 years, The Yellowjackets—saxophonist Bob Mintzer, pianist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Will Kennedy—have combined jazz, rock and electronic instruments. Now, the sensational and discerning guitarist Mike Stern, veteran of Miles and Michael Brecker bands, joins the group to lead “Chromazone,” “I Wonder” and “Dreams Go.” Bob Mintzer brings forth soulful sax and the true wonders of the EWI (ee-wee).

Aug. 5 NEA Jazz Masters Retrospective For thirty years, the NEA has gathered the masters of jazz to honor their own. Join us as we highlight these decades—including 2011 inductees Hubert Laws, David Liebman, Johnny Mandel, Orrin Keepnews, Ellis Marsalis and the Marsalis family—in music and words. And we’ll hear from the creator of the Jazz Masters award A.B. Spellman.

Aug. 12 An Evening with Roy Haynes At the age of 85, drummer Roy Haynes hasn’t lost any of his percussive force. He made his marks—playing with Charlie Parker, Pat Metheny, the Allman Brothers

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Grace Kelly Alto saxophone phenom Grace Kelly has recorded with icons Lee Konitz and Phil Woods and is a seasoned road warrior with tour dates around the world— all before the age of 20! She recently added vocalist to her resume. Kelly duets with host Jon Weber on “The Way You Look Tonight,” and her original tunes: the bouncy “Flying Fish” and the sultry bossa nova vocal, “Gone.”

and even as DJ on the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Now, Haynes brings his vibrant Fountain of Youth Band to Rose Theater.

Aug. 19 Basie and the Blues Churning rhythms and unforgettable riffs— in the hands of William 'Count' Basie, caught the essence of Kansas City swing. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with guitarist James Chirillo, pianist Cyrus Chestnut and vocalist Gregory Porter join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to make the Basie classics burn.

Aug. 26 Artistry in Rhythm: Stan Kenton Centennial The bandstand wasn’t big enough for Stan Kenton’s musical ideas. His big brassy sound brought dozens of musicians to the stage including a “mellophonium” section and great West Coast innovators including Bill Holman, Anita O’Day and Jazz Master Lee Konitz. Konitz joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for this Kenton celebration.

7:30 PM NJ CAPITOL REPORT Emmy Award-winning anchors Steve www.wbgo.org

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Adubato and Rafael Pi Roman host New Jersey Capitol Report which examines New Jersey’s most pressing public and policy issues. The program looks at political, social, and cultural issues affecting the people of New Jersey through in-depth conversations with the state’s top legislative leaders, political pundits, and “movers and shakers.”

TUESDAYS 6:30 PM THE CHECKOUT This hour-long music magazine, hosted by Josh Jackson, is also available as a podcast, which can be found at the show’s website WBGO.org/thecheckout. The multimedia show features what’s new in the New York jazz scene, including featured new music selections, sessions from the WBGO performance studio, as well as interviews.

7:30PM 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.

8:00PM LATIN JAZZ CRUISE with Awilda Rivera WEDNESDAYS 6:30 PM JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Re-broadcast of Sunday’s Program; See Listing 7:30PM SPORTSJAM/CONVERSATIONS WITH ALLAN WOLPER These two programs alternate monthly in this time slot. www.wbgo.org

SportsJam takes a unique peak 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.

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.

THURSDAYS 6:30PM PIANO JAZZ RISING STARS July 4 Taylor Eigsti Twenty-something pianist, composer, and educator Taylor Eigsti has been on the jazz scene for over a decade, and has lately set his sights on bringing jazz to a whole new audience. On this program Eigsti blends the old and new with solo renditions of “I Hear a Rhapsody,” Coldplay’s “Daylight,” and his original, “Magnolia.”

July 11 Grace Kelly See sidebar.

July 18 Julian Lage As a child, Julian Lage was quickly recognized as a guitar prodigy. He recorded with David Grisman and toured with Gary Burton before he was old enough to drive. Since then he has evolved into a composer with a deep understanding of the scope of American music, expressed on his acclaimed 2011 album, Gladwell. Lage solos on his “Etude #1” and “Alone Together,” and joins Jon Weber for “Just Friends.”

July 25 Tammy McCann Vocalist Tammy McCann discovered jazz while she was an opera student in her native Chicago. She decided to apply her considerable vocal range to a broad palette of musiJuly/August 2013 Upbeat

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Aug. 1 Kris Bowers Kris Bowers began classical piano studies as a toddler in Los Angeles. In 2011, he walked away with the top honor at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition—a major career boost for the Juilliard student. He brings his award-winning chops to the Piano Jazz studios for this set of tunes.

Aug. 8 Sachal Vasandani Sachal Vasandani is already earning critical acclaim as the next great male jazz vocalist.

And today’s listeners agree—his 2011 album, Hi-Fly, shot straight to the number one spot on the iTunes jazz chart. Vasandani also penned some of the tunes on the album.

On this week’s program, he swings on a set of standards and originals with host Jon Weber.

Aug. 15 Aaron Diehl Dubbed “the Real Diehl” by Wynton Marsalis, pianist Aaron Diehl is bringing the music of keyboard giants like Scott Joplin, Art Tatum, and Duke Ellington to a whole new generation. Diehl was named the 2011 Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz by the American Pianists Association. On this session, hear Diehl’s modern take on the music of the time honored masters of stride and swing.

Aug. 22 Chris Dingman Chris Dingman is one of a small group of elite musicians keeping the role of vibraphonist/leader alive in jazz today. He cut his teeth at the Thelonious Monk Institute, and his album Waking Dreams was a surprise hit of summer 2011. Dingman performs his original tune, “Zanetta,” and duets with Weber on “Manhattan Bridge” and “Dolphin Dance.”

Aug. 29 Hiromi Virtuoso pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara

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began her classical studies at age 6. Today she is an in-demand jazz pianist able to play stride at blinding speed with deadly accuracy.

More than a novelty, she is also a thoughtful, impressionistic composer. Hiromi’s mega chops are on display in this week’s session with host Jon Weber.

7:30PM PEOPLE’S PHARMACY This program examines current issues in medicine, mental health, nutrition and fitness.

FRIDAYS 6:30PM 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 6:00AM SMILEY & WEST Smiley & West from Public Radio International (PRI) is an energetic radio program that is a fusion of thought provoking, intelligent and stimulating dialogue on every subject from news and politics to entertainment and culture. The one-hour weekly show attracts a broad spectrum of compelling guests and asks questions that solicit newsworthy discussions. Listen as Tavis Smiley & Cornel West engage in deep dialogue in the “Hot Stuff” segment where the duo dissects the hottest news topics. The most engaging portion of the show encourages audience interaction in the “Take ‘Em to Task” segment when a caller debates Smiley & West on a political or social issue.

Finally, what would a Smiley & West show be without provocative discussions with A-list newsmakers, celebrities, great thinkers and doers of our time! Get Ready . . . it’s time for Smiley & West!

7:00 AM PORTRAITS IN BLUE RE-BROADCASTS ON FRIDAYS AT 6:30pm July 6 Sonny Boy Williams #2, Vol. 7 www.wbgo.org

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Dinah Washington— Albums, Vol. 6 Barbara Lynn, Vol. 5 Chuck Berry, Vol. 5 Bobby Charles, Vol. 4 Big Joe Turner, Vol. 9 Jimmy Witherspoon— Albums, Vol. 12 Dinah Washington— From The Beginning, Vol. 5 Jimmy Reed, Vol. 3

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THE GREATEST SIX HOURS OF CLASSIC SOUL AND R&B ON THE RADIO 8AM–2PM Saturdays on WBGO 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.

July 6 Birthday tributes to soul singer Gene Chandler and singer/songwriter Bill Withers.

July 13 Countdown of the top soul hits of July 13, 1968. Birthday tribute to singer Millie Jackson.

July 20 Birthday tributes to soul stars Martha Reeves, Denise LaSalle, William Bell and Chuck Jackson.

July 27 Countdown of the top soul hits of July 27, 1971.

Aug. 3 A variety of classic soul and R&B from the music’s greatest decades, the 60s and 70s.

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Birthday tributes to Barbara Mason and Ronnie Spector.

The top soul hits of August 17, 1966, plus birthday tributes to singer Maxine Brown and former Family Stone bass player/singer/bandleader Larry Graham.

A variety of classic soul and R&B from the music’s greatest decades, the 60s and 70s.

Birthday tribute to Van Morrison, and special segments on two R&B legends from two generations—Dinah Washington and Michael Jackson

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MUSIC DIRECTOR GARY WALKER’S TOP CDS + RE-ISSUES

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Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue) Michael Dease Coming Home (D Clef) Cecile McLorin Salvant Woman Child (Mack Avenue) George Benson Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat Cole (Concord) Claire Martin & Kenny Barron Too Much in Love to Care (Linn) Joe Locke Lay Down My Heart/Blues & Ballads, Vol. 1 (Motema) Steve Tyrell It’s Magic: Songs of Sammy Cahn (Concord)

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Doug Doyle, Bill McCreary, Alexandra Hill & Randall Pinkston at the 2013 NYABJ Awards

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n May 14, WBGO took home three of the four awards presented in the Radio category at The New York Association of Black Journalists’ (NYABJ) 25th Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet.

WBGO Assistant News Director/Anchor Andrew Meyer received two first-place awards in the Spot General News and General Feature categories for reports on Althea Gibson and Newark’s Fairmount Heights initiative. WBGO News Director/Anchor Doug Doyle was named the winner in the Sports category for his SportsJam program (airing Wednesdays at 6:30pm in July) with football legend Jim Brown. The WBGO News Department has won more than 60 NYABJ Awards since 1998. Joining Doyle and Meyer at the awards celebration were Cephas Bowles, WBGO’s President/CEO, WBGO news reporter

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Alexandra Hill and WBGO marketing coordinator Carmen Balentine. The evening, hosted by 1010 WINS anchor Larry Mullins and NY1 anchor Diana King, benefited NYABJ’s college scholarship fund. An advocacy group established in 1976, the New York Association of Black Journalists provides career development as well as educational and other support to its members. It is an affiliate of NABJ, the largest organization for journalists of color in the nation.

The WBGO News Department was also recognized by The Associated Press, which honored Conversations with Allan Wolper (airing Wednesdays at 6:30pm in August) with a Special Mention Award in the major market division for Best Interview, and Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) showered the station with eight awards at their annual awards dinner on June 22.

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