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JazzSet host, Dee Dee Bridgewater, is Billie Holiday in WBGO benefit performance of

Lady Day

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elcome to WBGO RADAR! WBGO presents a brand new ‘space,’ exclusive to the WBGO audience, where you can discover new music and listen to entire albums before they are officially released to the public. New recordings are personally reviewed by WBGO’s Music Director, Gary Walker, and VP of Content, Josh Jackson, every week. After Gary and Josh select the best of the best, WBGO will debut these albums exclusively on WBGO.org/RADAR—up to one week before they are available for purchase. If you love the album, there will be a link so you can pre-order it directly from Amazon (which also benefits WBGO!).

WBGO is your jazz source and we strive to bring to you, our listeners, innovative new ways to hear the greatest music through the use of media and technology. With WBGO RADAR, we’re taking the music experience to a new level of VIP access.

Historically we have featured new songs on air in collaboration with artist interviews, over 100 interviews every year! Now we are using our relationships with the artists, their management and record labels to bring you a sneak-peak of their music before it hits the market.

WBGO’S KIDS JAZZ CONCERT FALL CALENDAR WBGO's Kids Jazz Concert Series continues its 20th anniversary season this October and November. Performance information for the free concerts can be found at www.WBGO.org/kids .

Through the generosity of The Agnes Varis Trust, WBGO was able to provide funding for Essex County youth groups to rent buses so young people could attend the Spring 2013 WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series. Funding will be available again for Fall series. If you, or someone you know, is connected to groups working with Essex County, NJ youth—a representative should send their name, contact information, and organization to kids@WBGO.org.

Applications and guidelines will be e-mailed to interested parties; funding decisions will be made in September. Groups working with families or parents are also encouraged to apply.

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Oct 5 SOPAC (Main theater) One SOPAC Way South Orange, NJ 07079

Oct 12 Montclair Art Museum 3 S Mountain Ave Montclair, NJ 07042

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Oct 19 Newark Museum 49 Washington St Newark, NJ 07102

Oct 26 Newark Symphony Hall (Terrace Ballroom)

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Nov 2 Clinton Elementary School 27 Berkshire Rd Maplewood, NJ 07040

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wbgobenefit WBGO Benefit Event Brings Exclusive Broadway Experience as Dee Dee Bridgewater Stars as

Lady Day Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Times Square’s Little Shubert Theatre (422 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues)

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n early October, Broadway audiences can enjoy the New York debut of Lady Day, starring JazzSet host, Dee Dee Bridgewater. But on September 24, WBGO supporters can get not only a sneak peek, but also an exclusive Broadway experience!

Benefitting both WBGO and the Actors Fund, tickets will go fast for this event, especially the premium seats with a pre-show cocktail reception. All audience members will enjoy the post-show talk back unique to this performance!

Tickets with reception available by calling Steven Joseph at The Actors Fund 212.221.7300, ext 133. All other tickets can be purchased by contacting specialpromotions@shubertorg.com or 212.944.4163, please use code “WBGO.” More information at WBGO.org/LadyDay. WBGO’s resident theater critic, Michael Bourne, interviewed Bridgewater about her life, artistry and the production, which features over 25 standards includcontinued on next page

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ing: “Don’t Explain,” “Good Morning Heartache,” “A Foggy Day (In London Town),” “Them There Eyes,” “Strange Fruit,” “My Man,” “God Bless the Child,” and “Mean to Me.” Bourne: You played Billie in a play in Paris.

Is this the same play? Or how different is the play?

Bridgewater: This is the same play, which is called Lady Day, in Paris and London, garnering a Lawrence Olivier nomination for “Best Actress in a Musical.” The book has been updated by Stephen Stahl with more interaction with the onstage band, the stage manager and a new character of assistant stage manager. Multimedia tools will be incorporated.

Bourne: How much (and in what ways) have you been inspired and influenced by Billie as an artist and in life?

Bridgewater: I must say that my influence from Billie Holiday has been more inspired by her actual life, than her music. After portraying Billie for two years, with the massive

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research I did when first doing the play in Paris and in French (it took 4 months to memorize all the dialogue!!), doing the play in London and in English allowed me to delve even deeper into Billie’s character and life. I was able to draw on similar personal experiences to provide a deeper understanding of Billie. Her life has been an inspiration for me to continue doing and standing for my creative beliefs. Billie was courageous, a fighter. So am I. I learned from her mistakes what not to do in life!

Bourne: You won a Tony® in 1975, for The Wiz. How do you balance your jazz artistry with the needs and demands of acting a character? (and) Billie is a character most jazz fans have an image of, how do you balance your well-loved, unique style with that of another iconic jazz figure?

Bridgewater: When I perform I am incorporating my theatrical experiences. I like to dramatize songs, give each song its own life, like I’m doing vignettes. It’s wonderful to lose myself in another character’s life when I’m acting. It’s liberating for me, people are seeing the portrayal of the character, not me. Doing theater is similar to performing with my musiwww.wbgo.org

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cians in that it requires ensemble work. All the components help to create the whole picture. As an actress my duty is to inhabit the role to the point that the audience believes I am the person I’m portraying. I leave myself completely out of the artistic equation!

Bourne: Do you look at America and American culture differently after living away from America for so long?

Bridgewater: I do have another point of view about America after having lived in France for almost 24 years. The United States is a young country comparatively speaking, so different from Europe which is steeped in history dating back several centuries. I like this aspect very much. However, whenever I return home to the States after touring in Europe I appreciate the newness, the openness I find here. I’ve tried to incorporate what I learned in Europe into my American lifestyle. Our current culture is more disposable, in my opinion. I try to straddle the fence so to speak, bringing my European sensibilities to the American way.

Bourne: Your daughter, China Moses, is a pop singer and TV personality in Paris. Last year she recorded a tribute to Dinah Washington—and sang at the Montreal Jazz Fest. Can you update us what she is doing, and on anything the two of you might be doing together?

Bridgewater: My daughter China Moses (her father was theatrical and film director Gilbert Moses) is a very well known French television presenter, the face of MTV for over 10 years. China is more blues, rock oriented, with a tinge of jazz. Her CD This One’s for Dinah was released 2 years ago. Her current CD Crazy Blues, released in March

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2013, has brought her more international attention, and invitations to appear at many jazz festivals around Europe.

We have been performing together, sharing European festival stages for the last 3 years.

We recently did a concert together in Marseille, France with the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra before 22,000 people, doing duets and individual songs!

China will be doing a three-week theatrical production in London in November called Cafe Society. It is her second foray into theater. As a child she grew up in the theater with The Wiz and later Sophisticated Ladies.

She is a natural born performer, with a great eye for directing.

We will mount a philharmonic tour in Europe in 2014–15 due to our successes doing two philharmonic dates in Marseille and Lyon, France. We’ve written, recorded and performed together for French TV and radio.

Bourne:: Tempus fugit—JazzSet is 20 years old, with you at the helm for ten. With a career that has spanned decades, can you tell us what the next decade looks like for you?

Are you looking to do more Broadway productions?

Bridgewater: I have no idea what my next decade will hold. I have produced my first artist, trumpeter Theo Croker, grandson of Doc Cheatham. His album Afro Physicist will be released on my label DDB Records, with distribution by Sony OKeh Records. My intention is to produce more young artists. I hope that coming back to theater will open the door to more acting roles in theater and hopefully TV and film. I have a new blues recording project I will begin work on once Lady Day is up and running. After that I don’t know . . . we’ll just have to wait and see.

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The Checkout Live at Berklee RETURNS FOR SEASON THREE

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he Checkout: Live at Berklee, Wednesdays at 8pm on WBGO, brings Berklee College alums back to their college town of Boston for intimate performances broadcast live from Berklee’s Café 939. Season three of this series kicks off in October.The series has a geographically diverse story to tell, with two band leaders from South America, a Torontonian, a favorite son of Baltimore, and a multi-continental U.S. Air Force kid.

Wednesday, October 9, the season begins with Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio, featuring Melissa Aldana, Francisco Mela and Pablo Menares. Melissa, born in 1988 in Santiago Chile, began studying saxophone at age seven.

She began performing in Chile at a young age and caught the Melissa attention of jazz musicians travAldana elling there to perform.

In May 2006, she was invited to perform live with Randy Brecker, and that same year she had an opportunity to meet the Panamanian jazz pianist, Danilo Perez, who later invited her and her father to perform at the Panama Jazz Festival. Perez invited the young musician to audition for a spot at Berklee College of Music and the New England

Conservatory. Melissa received the Berklee Presidential Scholarship, enabling her to join the student body at Berklee. During her time at Berklee, she studied with Joe Lovano, George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, Greg Osby and Hal Crook, Dave Santoro, Bill Pierce, Dino Govoni and Ralph Peterson, to name a few. She also benefitted from the private master classes under legendary bop saxophonist, George Coleman. She graduated in 2009 and currently resides in New York City.

Wednesday, October 9 Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio Wednesday, December 11 Patrick Cornelius’s While You Are Still Young (Suite for Octet), Winning composition Chamber Music America Wednesday, January 29 Guillermo Klein’s Berklee Biggish Band Wednesday, March 5 The Warren Wolf Quintet Wednesday, April 2 The The Matthew Stevens Quartet

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 WBGO.org for details. This meeting is open to the public.

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programs at a glance

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programguide Sept./Oct. 2013 SUNDAYS 6:00AM SUNDAY MORNING HARMONY with Dan Karcher 10:00AM SINGERS UNLIMITED with Michael Bourne Singers Unlimited is four hours of new and classic singers singing ballads and bossas, blues and be-bop. For more than 25 years, WBGO’s Michael Bourne has turned the spotlight on jazz vocalists with live in-studio performances, interviews and more.

6:00PM JAZZSET with Dee Dee Bridgewater Re-broadcasts on Wednesdays at 6:30pm Sept. 8 Terence Blanchard with Miles & Gil: Still Ahead Three ear-seducing LP’s from the late 1950s are Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain. Gil Evans composed and arranged for Miles Davis and large ensemble.

This concert, from the Monterey Jazz Festival, is a rare performance of music from Porgy and Sketches with Blanchard on trumpet. Vince Mendoza conducts a small orchestra of top California players.

Sept. 15 They Drive At 55: The Monterey Jazz Anniversary On Tour To celebrate 55 years, Monterey toured an all-star group, with Musical Director Christian McBride, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more, performing music associated with the Festival. From the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, hear Christian and Dee Dee with Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green and Lewis Nash. Selections by Dizzy Gillespie and Thad Jones.

Sept. 22 Gregory Porter at The Strings of Autumn in Prague This is release week for Gregory Porter’s Liquid Spirit on Blue Note. One year ago, he sang for the Autumnal Equinox at the Lucerna Music Bar near Wenceslas Square.

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A fan wrote “huge applause, two encores, great solo performances, band tight and so was Gregory . . . made me long for the USA . . .” Thanks to Radio Prague.

Sept. 29 Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue See sidebar.

Oct. 6 Music from The Mary Lou Williams Festival at the Kennedy Center—Artists TBA Oct. 13 Melba! by Geof Bradfield Trombonist Melba Liston (1926–99) played, composed and arranged for Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Weston, and more. She grew up in Los Angeles, lived in Detroit, taught in Jamaica, and came home to the Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival. Geof Bradfield studied her music and wrote Melba! for his octet at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

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Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue The bluesy album Money Jungle (1962) captures the only studio session of three jazz lions: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. With guest pianist Gerald Clayton and a Berklee College of Music band, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington reimagines Money Jungle with grooves that are deep, complicated and irresistible.

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Lost and Found New York

by Chris Lightcap The vistas and feelings, smells and sounds of five of Chris Lightcap’s favorite locations comprise our JazzSet edition of his exuberant suite for NYC. They are the Nine South highway, Arthur Avenue, The Village Vanguard a/k/a the Epicenter, Fort Tryon Park, and Stillwell Avenue a/k/a Coney Island. The band is Bigmouth, the performace from Kuumbwa Jazz, Santa Cruz, CA. Oct. 27 PREMIERE of The Coastal Suite

by Alan Blackman at Ibeam in Brooklyn See sidebar.

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 Sept. 1 The Rhythmakers Revisited Several sessions in 1932 produced some of the hottest music captured on record, starring Red Allen, Pee Wee Russell, Fats Waller and caloric rhythm sections anchored by Zutty Singleton’s drums. Dan Morgenstern hosts.

Sept. 8 Happy 90th Birthday Wilbur Ware!

Join host Joe Peterson as he celebrates the 90th birthday of bass player Wilbur Ware who played and recorded with many jazz greats including: Zoot Sims, Grant Green, Toots Thielemans, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk and a host of others.

Sept. 15 Great Recording Sessions Fats Waller, 1934; Eddie Condon, 1933.

Hosted by Dan Morgenstern Sept. 22 Willie in Europe Expatriate Willie Lewis, led a fine orchestra Oct. 20

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PREMIERE of The Coastal Suite by Alan Blackman at Ibeam in Brooklyn From sunrise to high noon to afternoon fog past sunset, The Coastal Suite links composed pieces for pianist Alan Blackman’s group and solo flights for each player— Donny McCaslin on sax; Max Murray and Frank Russo, bass and drums; and Rogerio Boccato, percussion. Paintings by Ruth Brownlee are the inspiration. in Europe throughout the 1930s and 40s that included Herman Chittison, Benny Carter, Bill Coleman, Frank “Big Boy” Goudie, and others. Host Vincent Pelote will sample some of the band’s most swinging recordings.

Sept. 29 To Be Announced Oct. 6 Jazz and Poetry Join special guest host Alex Ariff as he explores the mating of a creative, expressive improvised music with an equally creative and expressive form of literature.

Oct. 13 That’s Earl Brother Earl May, one of the most prodigious and prolific bassists of the post war era, is the focus of Joe Peterson’s program in his continuing series on jazz’s masters of the double bass.

Oct. 20 Great Recording Sessions Jelly Roll Morton, 1930; Barney Bigard, 1936, Hosted by Dan Morgenstern Oct. 27 To Be Announced MONDAYS 6:30PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WENDELL PIERCE Sept. 2 The Music of Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington described him as “my right arm, my left arm, and all the eyes in the back of my head”—composer Billy Strayhorn

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programguide Sept./Oct. 2013 penned some of Duke’s most enduring songs, but he himself remained in relative obscurity. Vocalist José James and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra interpret Strayhorn classics including “Lush Life,” “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Something to Live For.” Sept. 9 Joe Lovano and Us 5 Saxophonist Joe Lovano is one of the foremost improvisers in jazz today and propels his double-drummer quintet—Us Five—into a polyrhythmic conversation and weaves inspired solos from the Allen Room. Us Five features Joe Lovano (saxophone), Grammy® winner Esperanza Spalding (bass), James Weldon (piano), Peter Slavov (bass), Otis Brown III (drums) and Francisco Mela (drums), plus special guests Lionel Loueke (guitar) and Judi Silvano (vocals).

Sept. 16 Ali Jackson with Yes! Trio and Warren Wolf Group Drummer Ali Jackson and vibraphonist Warren Wolf—each born into a musical family—absorbed jazz from their childhoods.

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Dianne Reeves Singer Dianne Reeves turns every note into an alluring story. In Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, she’s joined by guitarist Peter Sprague, pianist Peter Martin, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Terreon Gully. We’ll hear the enchanting strains of “Blue Prelude,” “I’m In Love Again,” “Good Night Sweetheart” and more.

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Jackson occupies the hot seat with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and his own Yes! Trio; multi-instrumentalist Wolf studied with John Locke and became an in-demand sideman and leader. They each bring small groups to the House of Swing for a contemporary percussive double bill.

Sept. 23 The Music of Bud Powell and Earl Hines The story of the modern jazz piano can be heard in the hands of Earl “Fatha” Hines and Earl “Bud” Powell. Hines worked with Louis Armstrong and brought a new dimension from ragtime; Powell’s inventive, emotional soloing brought the piano into the bebop era.

Pianist Marcus Roberts and his nonet take us through theses innovators of piano with songs such as “Bubbling Over” and “Dance of the Infidels.”

Sept. 30 Charlie Musselwhite Legendary harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite electrified the Chicago blues scene in the 60s. He’s played with Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf and most recently Ben Harper. Now, Musselwhite brings his quartet to the Allen, for a set of blues, jazz and gospel storytelling. Tunes are likely to include Bad Boy, Roll Your Money Maker, Cristo Redentor, and more.

Oct. 7 The Music of Bill Evans Perpetually sensitive in style and spirit, pianist Bill Evans was driven by a ‘quiet fire’ that has influenced generations of pianists.

Guest musical director Bill Charlap with Evans’ guitarist Jim Hall and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra pay tribute with classics like “Waltz for Debby,” “Five” and “Peri’s Scope.”

Oct. 14 Regina Carter with Reverse Thread and Stefon Harris with Blackout

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Reaching to their personal histories, innovative jazz fiddler Regina Carter and vibraphonist Stefon Harris create contemporary sounds. With kora and accordion, Carter explores the music of Africa—from Ugandan Jewish songs to traditional folk music of Madagascar and Mali. Harris and his band Blackout find inspiration in the funk and soul sound of the 70s.

Oct. 21 Dianne Reeves See sidebar.

Oct. 28 Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis Post-war America saw the hard edge of bebop evolve into Cool Jazz. The music flowed, bewitched and enchanted baritone sax man Gerry Mulligan and pianist John Lewis. They became twin pioneers of that sophisticated style. Now pianist Jonathan Batiste and baritone master Joe Temperly, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra transport us to the 1950s. The set includes “Django,” “Delawny’s Dilemma,” and “Animal Dance.”

7:30PM 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 6:30PM 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.

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CONVERSATIONS WITH ALLAN WOLPER Conversations with Allan Wolper features guests whose ideas are on the cutting edge.

Wolper, known as a “journalist’s journalist,” is an interviewer, reporter, documentary producer and ethics columnist, who has been honored by every journalism medium, winning over 50 awards.

8:00PM LATIN JAZZ CRUISE with Awilda Rivera WEDNESDAYS 6:30PM JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Re-broadcast of Sunday’s Program; See Listing 7:30PM SPORTSJAM 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.

THURSDAYS 6:30PM PIANO JAZZ RISING STARS Sept. 5 Dominick Farinacci Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has emerged as a young man whose versatile horn ranges from the soft and seductive to the rough and bluesy. His skills have earned him a headline spot with festivals worldwide and recording dates with a list of jazz legends; he’s also a composer with nine albums under his belt.

Farinacci performs “Just One of Those Things” and his original tune, “Dawn of Goodbye.”

Sept. 12 Whitney James Vocalist Whitney James studied musical theatre and opera before committing to jazz, and her theatrical background has served

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programguide Sept./Oct. 2013 her well. Her acclaimed 2010 debut album, The Nature of Love, revealed a fully formed voice on a confident set of beloved standards. With host Jon Weber as accompanist, James brings her rich, full alto tone to tunes including “Tenderly” and “If You Could See Me Now.” Sept. 19 Stefon Harris Vibraphonist and band leader Stefon Harris is one of the busiest musicians in jazz: he tours with his band Blackout and the SF Jazz Collective, teaches at NYU, and is an artistin-residence at institutions across the U.S. He’s also a three-time Grammy® nominee and six-time Best Mallet Player by the Jazz Journalist Association. Harris takes to his fiery vibes playing through a set of standards and his originals.

Sept. 26 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.

6:30PM SONG TRAVELS WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Oct. 1 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 to fall in love with Fall, as he performs a set of Doo-Wop greats including “This Magic Moment” and “Under The Boardwalk.”

Oct. 8 Catherine Russell As a young girl, vocalist Catherine Russell bounced on the knee of Louis Armstrong. She started her career as an ace backup singer

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for stars including Paul Simon, David Bowie, and Steely Dan. Today she’s a leading interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

Russell and Feinstein perform an hour of pure radio perfection, including “I Cover the Waterfront” and a duet of “The Very Thought of You.” Oct. 15 Miloš Karadaglić Classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglic began performing as his country, the former Yugoslavia, was being ripped apart by war.

He entered the Royal Academy of Music in London, and his hard work is paying off –a 2012 solo concert at Royal Albert Hall was widely praised! Karadaglic brings his love of Latin music to Song Travels with pieces by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos and Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla.

Oct. 22 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. The husband and wife musical team of Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., met as members of the iconic ’60s group The 5th Dimension. They went on to perform as a successful duo and host their own television show. Over 40 years later, their music and ´ mutual love and respect are still going strong. Performances include “Mona Lisa” and “Here’s That Rainy Day.” Oct. 29 Jake Shimabukuro Jake Shimabukuro has carried the sound of the ukulele from Hawaiian shores to the world’s concert stages. In´ his hands the humble “little guitar” sings everything from J.S. Bach to The Beatles. On this Song Travels, Shimabukuro performs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and joins Feinstein for a duet of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

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. www.wbgo.org

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7:30PM WBGO JOURNAL This program, produced by the multi-award winning WBGO team, covers issues of importance to the Newark/NY metro area.

SATURDAYS 6:00AM LATINO USA with Maria Hinojosa Multi award-winning Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only nationally distributed English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective. This program covers the social, cultural and political issues facing today’s Latino community.

Maria Hinojosa, host of Latino USA, is also urban affairs correspondent for CNN and a former NPR News reporter. In addition to being a broadcaster, Hinojosa is an author, and a frequent lecturer on college campuses. She has received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, an Associated Press award and the National Council of La Raza’s 1999 Ruben Salazar Award.

7:00AM PORTRAITS IN BLUE Re-broadcasts on FRIDAYS at 6:30 Sept. 7 Duke Ellington’s My People Sept. 14 Sam “The Man” Taylor, Vol. 4 Sept. 21 James Brown, Vol. 11 Sept. 28 Dinah Washington— From the Beginning, Vol. 6 Oct. 5 Billy Eckstine—From the Beginning, Vol. 4 Oct. 12 Big Joe Turner, Vol. 10 Oct. 19 Chuck Berry, Vol. 6 Oct. 26 Bobby Charles, Vol. 5 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 www.wbgo.org

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.

Sept. 7 Stax vs. Motown, Vocal Group showdown 50’s vs. 70’s and much more.

Sept. 14 Soul of ’66, Girl Groups and much more.

Sept. 21 Soul of Philly and Memphis Sept. 28 Tribute to greatest vocal group lead singers, Soul of ’75 Oct. 5 Day of the Dance—Up-tempo classics to get in the mood for tonight’s dance party.

Oct. 12 NY/NJ soul radio hits of ’66-’75, Lost Motown and more Oct. 19 Instrumental soul classics, Soul of ’71 and more Oct. 26 Classic 1970’s funk LP tracks, Ladies of doo-wop and more

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

Gary’ s Plays

Top Tunes Christian McBride Trio Out Here (Mack Avenue) Steve Turre The Bones of Art (High Note) Willie Jones III Sextet Plays The Max Roach Songbook (WJ#) Tedeschi Trucks Band Made Up Mind (Masterworks) Chick Corea The Vigil (Concord) Etienne Charles Creole Soul (Culture Shock) The New Gary Burton Quartet Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)

Reissues Woody Shaw The Complete Muse Sessions (mosaicrecords.com)

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WBGO partners with NJPAC on the TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival

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he relationship between NJPAC and WBGO is a strong one. They are our neighbors in Downtown Arts District, as well as promoters of Newark as a destination for the arts.

WBGO is proud to partner with NJPAC once again for the second TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival.

WBGO has been Newark’s own public radio station for 34 years, building on the history of jazz in the city and region.

WBGO’s commitment to jazz and to Newark made the station a natural partner for this exciting and ambitious festival.

During the festival, WBGO will present its annual Champions of Jazz Gala on November 6, honoring The Thelonious Monk Institute, for their commitment to the future of jazz and their efforts in the Newark public schools, and Cephas Bowles, for his twenty years of service to WBGO. WBGO will also present a free concert that same afternoon at Gateway

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2, and a gallery exhibition of photographs

by Tony Graves and George Wirt—all shot during the festival in 2012.The gallery exhibit will run from October 1 through December 31, 2013, and is open during regular business hours.

WBGO staff members are also involved in other elements of the festival.

Champions of Jazz honoree Jimmy Heath performs at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark on November 4—kicking off the festival. In addition, another season of Dorthaan’s Place at NICO Kitchen + Bar launches on the last day of the festival, with a performance by The Paquito D’Rivera Quartet. Stay tuned to WBGO the week of the festival, as Midday Jazz host Rhonda Hamilton interviews the finalists in the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition leading up to the competitionfinal event, taking place on November 10. with guest judges including our own WBGO Music Director, Gary Walker.

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