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in the wbgo GALLERY

Midnight Jookin’

by Jerry Gant

IN THE WBGO GALLERY Sounding Off, a mixed media exhibition celebrating the rich history 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 showcase the work of diverse, multi-generational artists and how they are influenced by the common factors of contemporary sound.

Our next WBGO Board of Trustees meeting will be held on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6pm. The meeting will be held at WBGO, 54 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102. This meeting is open to the public.

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Party with Toast of the Nation All Night, on New Year’s Eve

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e want you with us, on your feet and dancing from time zone to time zone, east to west, Atlantic to Pacific.

In Boston, a master of the guitar universe and his jam band segue to a youthful, AfroBeat group led by a drummer from Puerto Rico. In New York, the partiers might rush the stage (they did last year) as a trumpeter on the jazz pinnacle and his band play us into 2013, Eastern Time. A respect-

ed, beloved Chicago vocalist turns up the power for “Funkin’ with Electric Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix and James Brown.” And a Los Angeles big band and its original, outgoing arrangements take us across the finish line, onstage at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Through the night and coast to coast, Toast of the Nation is the annual New Year’s Eve special anchored by WBGO’s Rhonda Hamilton.

SCHEDULE 9pm John Scofield Uberband at Berklee Performance Space Presented by Berklee College of Music and WGBH Radio 10pm Henry Cole and The Afrobeat Collective Presented by The Checkout: Live at 92Y Tribeca 11pm Wynton Marsalis with Vince Giordano: “The Louis Armstrong Continuum—Music of the Hot Fives and Sevens” at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center 12:30am Dee Alexander’s Funkin’ with Electric Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix and James Brownat the South Shore Cultural Center Presented by Jazz Institute of Chicago 1:30am Clark Terry and Red Holloway Ring at Joe Segal’s Jazz Showcase in Chicago (from Toast of the Nation 1990) 2:30am Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band at the 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival 3:15am John Scofield’s Uberband

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WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Benefit REVIEW BY TIM WILKINS

Neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow could stop us!

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t takes more than hurricanes and blizzards to stop WBGO. With trains, planes and roads still disrupted by Hurricane Sandy, and a Nor’Easter whipping through the region, a full house of WBGO supporters found their way to the Allen Room for the 2012 Champions of Jazz Benefit on November 7 to share and celebrate the music and the station they love.

Every year this event honors individuals who make extraordinary contributions to jazz. This year’s event highlighted three essential aspects of this work—in law, business and performance.

Hogan Lovells, the global law firm which has represented WBGO for four years, was the evening’s first honoree. The second, Bruce Lundvall, is a record producer and executive who nurtured dozens of stars, including James Taylor, Richard Marx and Willie Nelson. But Lundvall’s first love is jazz: as president of CBS Records, then at the helm of the

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Elektra/Musician and Blue Note labels, he introduced the world to the talents of Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Norah Jones and many others.

Indeed, Lundvall was the evening’s guiding musical spirit. A bebop fan and saxophonist since his youth, he made requests for tunes he loves from his front row seat in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, as a heavy snowfall blanketed Columbus Circle outside.

Musicians played selections from “Bruce’s Juke Box”—songs which marked milestones from his career—and shared stories from the stage. Trumpeter Marcus Printup, clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera and producers Michael Cuscuna and Tommy LiPuma all told how Bruce’s unshakeable faith in their talents helped launch their careers, often at great risk to his own.

As a tribute to Lundvall’s legendary ear for fresh talent, two 23-year-old pianists opened the evening. Joe Alterman warmed up guests over cocktails, then

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Christian Sands started the concert with a medley of Herbie Hancock’s “Canteloupe Island” and “Dolphin Dance.”

Printup then led a tribute to trumpeter Woody Shaw with Sands, tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding Jr., Rodney Green on drums and bassist Dezron Douglas, which included “Moontrane” and “Theme for Maxine,” written for Maxine Gordon, who was in the audience. D’Rivera and pianist Alex Brown played the “Adagio” from Mozart’s second clarinet concerto as a blues, which he joked Lundvall had discovered in some “rare early recordings of Mozart from New Orleans.”

Vocalist Bobby McFerrin was the evening’s third honoree, and he, too, chose to celebrate Lundvall in his set.

Indeed, he told the audience, his breakthrough 1984 album, The Voice, would never have been recorded if it hadn’t been for Bruce.

McFerrin was signed to Elektra/Musician at the time, but he disliked the lush orchestrations producers wanted him to record. Aware of Bruce’s

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reputation for great ears, he approached Lundvall directly with a different idea: to record a full album of solo vocal improvisation, with no accompaniment or overdubs.

“Why do you want to do that?” Bruce asked at their meeting. “Because God wants me to,” McFerrin shot back.

Lundvall’s response? “Well, there’s no higher authority than that, so I guess I’m going to go along!” He then hired a crew to record McFerrin’s next concert tour, which became the platinum-selling album.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very much!” said McFerrin, beaming, during the Champions of Jazz event.

McFerrin sang two of Lundvall’s favorites—Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple from the Apple” and Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight”—with Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Gil Goldstein on accordion, Al Foster on drums and Doug Weiss on bass, and invited D’Rivera back to the stage for an impromptu version of “A Night in Tunisia.”

Drummer of The Roots, house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson came on board for the evening’s finale, a musical melee of scat and funk in which McFerrin joyfully rhapsodized about everything from pistachios to the falling snow to close the show.

The funds that were raised from the Champions of Jazz Benefit 2012 enable WBGO, via 88.3 FM and WBGO.org, to continue producing programming that is vital to both public radio and jazz, two of the communities that it uniquely serves.

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Song Travels with Michael Feinstein

New Program Thursdays at 6:30pm on WBGO

“In this series, we talk about songs. How important they are in our lives . . . how they’ve changed our lives . . . how sometimes they make life worth living.”

—Michael Feinstein

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he renowned “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” and five-time Grammy® nominated performer Michael Feinstein hosts Song Travels, a new series examining how popular standards and show tunes have evolved through the years. From the production team that brought you Piano Jazz, the program expands upon the genre of American Popular Song and re-imagines it for a new century.

In each program, Feinstein sits down with a musical guest to explore American “Music often reflects its time . . . who knows what’s going to happen in 10 years? But to me, it’s a passing parade, and all of it is worthy. People are compelled to make music.”—Bette Midler

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Popular Song and the intimate journey singers and songs take with one another, each changing the other through the course of a lifetime. Feinstein commented, “That’s what the show’s about…that it’s a song that’s 100 years old, with an arranger who was famous in the ’40s, working in the ’70s, and yet we’re listening to it now…and it’s absolutely timeless in what it does.”

With this new series, Feinstein, a longtime archivist and advocate for the repertoire, re-introduces the original canon of Popular Song tunes through fresh translations. The line-up of performers spans the musical spectrum, including Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, violinist Joshua Bell, Pink Martini pianist Thomas Lauderdale, and actor David Hyde Pierce; each of whom illustrate the Great American Songbook to a whole new audience. His guests share their passion for the songs through conversation, and occasional performances and duets with Feinstein, illustrating the continuing evolution of the songs across time, as well as each guest’s own musical journey. www.wbgo.org

Cover Photo: Bobby McFerrin at the 2012 Champions of Jazz Benefit

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LIVE BROADCAST SPECIALS LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD Wednesday, January 30 at 9pm David Virelles Continuum THE CHECKOUT: LIVE AT BERKLEE Thursday, February 7 at 8pm Jaleel Shaw featuring Lawrence Fields, Boris Kozlov, and Johnathan Blake.

THE CHECKOUT: LIVE FROM 92Y TRIBECA Wednesday, February 20 at 8pm Tim Green Quintet/Dontae Winslow and Winslow Dynasty

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

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.

6:00 PM JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RE-BROADCASTS ON WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30 Jan. 6 Dr. Lonnie Smith at the KC Jazz Club “The organ is like the sunlight, rain and thunder…” says Dr. Lonnie Smith, who recorded Finger Lickin’ Good in 1966. He’s dynamic and dramatic, and rap, dance and house music producers have sampled his sounds.

Allaboutjazz.com cites The Healer, Smith’s current album, as “brimming with the bold, bizarre and beautiful.” Hear highlights from the stage on JazzSet. Jan. 13 Melba! A New Jazz Work

by Geof Bradfield See sidebar.

Jan. 20 TBA Information can be found at WBGO.org/jazzset Jan. 27 Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Centennial Project at the Newport Jazz Festival NPR Music asks, “What if there were lost big-band masterpieces by the great composer/arranger Gil Evans which never made it to record?” In fact, there are plenty of them, and composer/arranger Ryan Truesdell has culled, researched and transcribed a handful

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All programs subject to change. of the best material for the CD Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans.

Truesdell leads an orchestra in a live version at Newport.

Feb. 3 Lionel Loueke Trio at the KC Jazz Club Traveling from Chicago to Washington, DC, for this November 2, 2012 set was a post-hurricane ordeal, but worth it for JazzSet fans.

Loueke “… gets those African-style rhythms going, tapping on his guitar and [using] his effects pedals… It's infectious,” reports NPR’s Mark Schramm. With bassist Michael Olatuja and drummer Mark Giuliana, the music comes from the 2012 album Heritage.

Feb. 10 Jason Moran’s Live: Time at the KC Jazz Club Jason Moran begins his tenure as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center with Live: Time, inspired by the quilts and quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Moran comJAZZSET

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Melba! A New Jazz Work

by Geof Bradfield Melba Liston Melba Liston (1926–1999) was born in Kansas City, moved to Los Angeles, played with Dexter Gordon and was a copyist for Gerald Wilson. She made State Department tours with Dizzy Gillespie, arranged for Randy Weston albums, taught in Jamaica, and headlined an early Women’s Jazz Festival back in Kansas City. Performed at Northern Illinois University, composer Geof Bradfield’s six-part suite celebrates Melba!

Melba! by Geof Bradfield and Geof Bradfield Ensemble 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.

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posed the music, and Alicia Hall Moran sings the text, “Cold Water for Blood Stains” by Asali Solomon. Bill Frisell puts aside his guitar and reads a letter he wrote to Moran after visiting Gee’s Bend, and the musicians in the trio improvise on the patterns and colors in the quilts.

Live: Time was originally commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Bill Frisell Is Everywhere at the Newport Jazz Festival He plays music of John Lennon. He shares the stage with The Bad Plus. No matter what the setting or who’s in the band, Frisell smiles and his guitar lines float on the breeze, on a summer’s day at Newport.

Feb. 24 Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape at 92YTribeca As soon as composer Cuadrado of Barcelona earned his Master’s in Jazz Performance at Queens College and settled in Brooklyn, the stock market plummeted. Cuadrado remembered that 80 years earlier, in 1929, poet Federico García Lorca of Granada was visiting New York when the stock market crashed. Lorca wrote verse about it, collected in Poeta en Nueva York (A Poet in New York).

Now Cuadrado has set Lorca’s poetry to music, performed by Claudia Acuña, voice; Miguel Zenón, saxophone; Dan Tepfer, piano; the composer on bass; Mark Ferber, drums.

A Lorca Soundscape by Alexis Cuadrado 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.

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.

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programguide Jan./Feb. 2013 11:00 PM JAZZ FROM THE ARCHIVES MONDAYS 6:30 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WENDELL PIERCE Jan. 7 Danilo Perez: Panamonk Revisited The angular sounds of Thelonious Monk connected with the clave of the Afro-Cuban rhythms. Pianist Danilo Perez revisits his 1996 album Panamonk and tells the story of Monk through his own Panamanian roots.

Hear “’Round Midnight” and “Bright Mississippi” through a new set of ears.

Jan. 14 Music of the Modern Jazz Quartet See sidebar.

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Music of the Modern Jazz Quartet From its start in 1952, The Modern Jazz Quartet’s cool, understated style belied its complexity. Pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke combined classical music structures with the deep swing of jazz. The MJQ made vital music for over 40 years.

Our quartet—drummer Lewis Nash, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Peter Washington and vibraphonist Steve Nelson – honors those late modern masters.

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Re-imagined: The Music of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea Pianists Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea are kindred spirits—imaginative composers who have fused and redefined the sound of jazz.

And we re-imagine works from both of their songbooks—The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with guest Bobby Hutcherson play the music of Herbie Hancock, and The Manhattan Transfer with Jon Hendricks interprets Chick Corea.

Jan. 28 Moacir Santos: Journey to Brazil Small bands of street musicians enlivened the streets of Flores do Pajeú, hometown of Brazilian composer and saxophonist Moacir Santos. He’s painted those hometown landscapes in musical score. In the Rose Theater guitarist Mario Adnet and saxophonist Zé Nogueira capture the spirit of Brazil and this little known composer.

Feb. 4 Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express The West Indies meet West Harlem when Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander and the Harlem-Kingston Express make a stop at the House of Swing. Alexander (bandmate of Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown and Sonny Rollins) brings his disparate worlds and singular voice together to explore the ‘New Calypso bebop’ called “mento”.

He’s joined by drummer Herlin Riley and bassist Hassan Shukar.

Feb. 11 Wynton Marsalis Quintet Wynton Marsalis debuted his quintet nearly three decades ago. Though he has played as a soloist with orchestras and ensembles in every configuration, Marsalis’ quintets have offered some of the most felicitous settings for his trumpet and imagination. The second Marsalis Quintet, featuring pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist Carlos Henriquez, sax man Walter Blanding and drummer Ali Jackson—

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All programs subject to change. joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to revisit Marsalis’ enduring compositions.

Feb. 18 Nuevo Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla and Pablo Aslan Tango and jazz have a natural affinity for one another—both are New World music reshaped by folkloric sensibilities. They found each other under Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla and the pairing continues today with bassist Pablo Aslan. We explore the sounds of modern tango with Aslan, bandoneon giant Nestor Marconi and Paquito D’Rivera.

Feb. 25 Bird with Strings In 1949, Charlie Parker envisioned an album that would link jazz to pop and influence artists to come. His legendary venture with strings has done just that. Charlie Parker with Strings set his searching solos against a lush string quartet. And onstage Bird lives— as we feature saxophonists Wess Anderson and Charles McPherson and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas.

7:30 PM NJ CAPITOL REPORT Emmy Award-winning anchors Steve 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 dedicated 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.

7:30 PM LATINO USA with Maria Hinojosa Multi award-winning Latino USA, the radio

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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.

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

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 in every journalism medium, winning over 50 awards.

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programguide Jan./Feb. 2013 THURSDAYS 6:30 PM PIANO JAZZ RISING STARS Jan. 3 Jason Moran Jason Moran is one of the most talked about pianists and composers of the past decade.

In 2010, he was made a MacArthur Fellow, and his album, Ten, topped the JazzTimes Critics' Poll. He epitomizes today’s approach to music, regularly employing sampled loops as a “fourth band member” in live performances. This week Moran performs a definitive set of 21st-century jazz piano tunes.

6:30 PM SONG TRAVELS New Program Jan. 10 Wynton Marsalis Classical trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis hails from one of New Orleans' most distinguished jazz families. He became the youngest musician admitted to the Berkshire Music Center, and has continued the Marsalis dynasty with multiple Grammy Awards®, a Pulitzer Prize, and the National Medal of Arts.

This legendary artist shares his musings and a few of his favorite things—including the recently-discovered recording of Louis Armstrong's last known performance.

Jan. 17 Bette Midler The Divine Miss M—singer, actress, and comedian Bette Midler—is Feinstein’s guest for an hour of pure radio fun. Midler opens a crate of favorite tunes from her record collection—from Louis Jordan to vintage Hawaiian music to Destiny’s Child, along with stories from her multi-faceted career.

Feinstein presents her with a solo arrangement of “I’ll Be There,” a song written for her by the legendary songwriting team Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Jan. 24 Marilyn & Alan Bergman Songwriters Marilyn & Alan Bergman are a legendary power couple in American popular music. Their work includes the themes for television programs Alice, Good Times and In The Heat Of The Night. They have earned multiple Emmys, Grammys®, and Academy

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Awards, including Best Original Song for “The Way We Were,” written with Marvin Hamlisch. And the hits keep coming, with a new, never before heard tune co-written with Feinstein, “There’s You,” which he sings on this program.

Jan. 31 Thomas Lauderdale Pianist Thomas Lauderdale is a cofounder of the celebrated orchestral ensemble Pink Martini, which bridges classical, jazz, world music and old fashioned pop. On this Song Travels, Lauderdale brings along a few of his musical collaborators, including NPR’s Ari Shapiro, who proves to be as good a singer as he is a journalist. Lauderdale solos on “Malagueña” by Ernesto Lecuona, and duets with Feinstein on George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love.”

Feb. 7 Liza Minnelli Born into Hollywood royalty, Liza Minnelli has made her own name on the stage and screen. Her role in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret made her an international sensation and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She continues to wow audiences the world over with her delightful presence and powerful voice.

Minnelli joins her good friend Feinstein for an enlightening discussion of her life and the evolution of her approach to song.

Feb. 14 Aaron Neville Grammy®-winning R&B /soul singer Aaron Neville has been a radio mainstay for over five decades. And he has been ambassador to the world for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. On this week’s episode, Neville’s silky smooth voice is sure to get everyone in the Valentine’s Day spirit, as he performs a set of Doo-Wop greats including “This Magic Moment” and “Under The Boardwalk.”

Feb. 21 Milos Karadaglic Classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglic didn't come from a musical background. As the

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All programs subject to change. son of economists in the former Yugoslavia, he first studied guitar at the age of eight. He was entertaining audiences in concert halls by the time he was 14, and then entered the Royal Academy of Music in London. He brings his love of Latin music to Song Travels, treating listeners to the music of Heitor Villa Lobos and Astor Piazzolla.

Feb. 28 Gloria Gaynor Disco diva Gloria Gaynor is best known for her sensational 1978 hit, "I Will Survive," awarded the only Grammy® Award ever given for Best Disco Recording. Gaynor continues to survive—in the past decade she has released new music on unsuspecting dance floors and has been honored with a slate of accolades. She joins Michael Feinstein for an hour of stories and songs on Song Travels.

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 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

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‘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 6:30 Jan. 5 Sonny Boy Williamson, Vol. 5 Jan. 12 Billy Eckstine—From the Beginning, Vol. 1 Jan. 19 Barbara Lynn, Vol. 3 Jan. 26 Dinah Washington— From the Beginning, Vol. 2 Feb. 2 James Brown, Vol. 9 Feb. 9 Bobby Charles, Vol. 2 Feb. 16 Dinah Washington— Albums, Vol. 4 Feb. 23 Big Joe Turner, Vol. 7 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 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.

Gloria Gaynor on Song Travels

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

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Lasoff at 973-624-8880, ext. 285.

All gifts to WBGO are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Houston Person Naturally (High Note) The Clayton Brothers The Gathering (Artistshare.com) Ed Cherry It’s All Good (Positone) David Hazeltine The New Classic Trio (Sharp Nine) Winard Harper & Jeli Posse Coexist (Jazzlegacyproductions.com) Dezron Douglas Quintet Live At Small’s (Smalls Live) Poncho Sanchez Live In Hollywood (Concord) LaVerne Butler Love Lost And Found Again (High Note) Claire Daly Quartet Baritone Monk (Northcoastbrewing.com)

Reissues Tito Puente Quatro: The Definitive Collection (Sony Music) Charles Mingus The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–’65 (Mosaicrecords.com)

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XOXO WBGO WBGO is in the Mood for Love!

BGO loves our listeners and we express it each and every day through our programming. We appreciate all the love you give us back through listening, volunteering, contributing and just being you! But Valentine’s Day is coming, and WBGO is in the mood for love. From January 1 through February 1, 2013, everyone who sends WBGO a love letter will be entered to win a Valentine’s treat from WBGO. You can submit your letters via email to bwood@wbgo.org (please write WBGO Love Letter in the subject line), online at wbgo.org/loveletter or by regular mail to: WBGO Love Letter • 54 Park Place • Newark, NJ 07102 If you send by regular mail, please don’t forget to include contact information so we can reach you if you win!

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Win a First Class Trip for Two to the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl veryone who makes a pledge to WBGO between January 15 and February 3, plus all of WBGO’s current sustainers, will automatically be entered to win a first class trip for two to the Playboy Jazz Festival, June 15–16, 2013. What a way to say Happy Valentine’s Day to your sweetie (should you be the lucky winner!).

The winner and a guest will fly first class to Los Angeles on United Airlines and will be a guest of the Playboy Jazz Festival at the historic Hollywood Bowl as the festival celebrates its 35th anniversary. You will spend a luxurious weekend at the Loews Hollywood Hotel located at the legendary Hollywood and Highland center—home to Graumann's Chinese Theater, less than one mile from the festival site.

Visit WBGO.org/contest for full details.

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